Is The Room the worst movie ever made?”
The “Plan 9 from Outer Space” of chamber dramas, 23 February 2004 1/10 Author: NeelyO from W. Hollywood, Calif. Forget all the three-line raves this movie has received (which all seem to be suspiciously similar in tone). THE ROOM is one of those rare laugh-riots that is so fantastically inept as to border on genius. While most bad movies offer a handful of terrible scenes divided by stretches of just plain dull, writer-director-producer-star Tommy Wiseau’s film offers one moment of disaster after another. Whether it’s the made-up-by-fifth-graders dialogue, the deer-in-headlights performances, or the positively icky sex scenes (love those smushed rose petals on the chubby girl’s back), you’ll be howling from start to finish. This movie has already amassed a cult of people who know what to yell at the screen and when; for a movie that’s being self-distributed, this rates as some kind of crap-movie miracle. Keep an eye out for the pointless insert shots of San Francisco, which give the id
The Room is a 2003 independent film written and directed by its star, Tommy Wiseau, who is also credited on screen as both the movie’s producer and executive producer. The principal cast includes Wiseau, Juliette Danielle, Greg Sestero, Philip Haldiman, Carolyn Minnott, and Robyn Paris. The Room tells the melodramatic story of a love triangle between a man, his fiancée, and his best friend. Without any studio support, Wiseau amassed and spent over $6 million on production and marketing for the film. Wiseau promotes the film as a black comedy and insists that its humor is actually intentional, although cast members have publicly disputed these claims and many audience members generally view the film as a poorly-made drama. The Room has been cited by many critics as one of the worst films ever made, and has been called “the Citizen Kane of bad movies.” After a brief run in Los Angeles, the film went on to develop a cult following in the city, and continues to have midnight screenings aro
