Oh hi, Mark! The based on a true story film about the worst film ever made finally hit Blu-Ray this week! Does this Golden Globe award-winning film live up to the hype or is it just like The Room?

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WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!! PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!!

The movie is a biography of The Room and how it was made. So, I won’t go too in-depth into the story because it’s better to see what happens then describe it.

The story of the film is about Tommy Wiseau (James Franco), and his best friend Greg Sestero (Dave Franco), first meet after an acting class and the pair hit it off, becoming best friends while time goes on. We then see the pair move from San Francisco to LA to try and make it big there. When they can’t get any acting gigs for months, Tommy and Greg get fed up and decided to make a movie to show the world how it’s done. Tommy writes the script to their movie called The Room. The par assembles a crew together and makes their movie a reality. It takes a couple of months of shooting multiple takes, a lot of fighting, yelling and also some nudity. However, Tommy is able to get his movie finished and ready for everyone to see. On Opening Night, Tommy debuts the movie to a semi-packed theatre. Everything seems to be going well until everyone starts to laugh hysterically at the movie. Tommy seems to think it’s because they don’t like it but, it’s actually because the movie is so bad it’s good.

The acting in this movie is absolutely amazing. James Franco does such a fantastic job playing the weird and outlandish Tommy that he alone is a reason to watch this movie. I have never seen him take on a role so weird in his career that, and to have that risk pay off in a huge way is such an achievement. Dave Franco also does a great job as Greg and he really does complement his brothers acting so well that they really give the movie life.

The rest of the supporting cast is also great and this movie has some actors in it that you will recognize like Seth Rogen, Alison Brie and Zac Efron just to name a few.

Now, I have seen a lot of biographies and those types of movies in the past. However, The Disaster Artist has to be my new favourite. Simply because I can honestly believe what happened in this movie. Tommy Wiseau is a really weird dude but he doesn’t take crap from no one. With how weird Tommy is, it gives a sense that the events that happen in this movie are not dramatized at all and everything actually happened.

I love how at the end they also do a shot by shot comparison between both of the films and it really shows how much they wanted to re-create Tommy’s original vision that it comes off as a great tribute. The Room has become such a cult-classic now that when The Disaster Artist was announced, I was kind of scared. Now, I can say that not only does this movie complement The Room, it also shines on its own and is just such a great story to see unfold.

The Disaster Artist isn’t looking to poke fun at Tommy and his movie. It wants to show how it was made, and how it affected everyone involved with the production of the rumoured six million dollar disaster of a movie. The Disaster Artist isn’t looking to trash Tommy’s movie, it celebrates it instead and gives us a rollercoaster of a ride that is exciting and thrilling to watch.

If I were to describe The Disaster Artist, it would be an amazing tribute and one that I can’t recommend enough.

The Verdict:

The Disaster Artist really surprised me when I finished watching it. It is such a heartfelt, funny, entertaining and emotional look into how The Room was made that it leaves you with a sense of how everything went down. The acting is absolutely amazing in this movie and it really does help make the movie even better. The movie is also able to balance out the runtime with the story so nothing feels left out. Overall, if you haven’t seen this movie or if you haven’t heard about the story behind The Room, do yourself a favour and check this movie out.

9/10

Now I want to watch The Room now more than ever after watching this.