It’s exceedingly rare for a “bad film” that has entered the “cult film” realm to stay at the same level of awfulness across decades, with its groan-worthy impact blunted by changing tastes, attitudes and attention spans.
Plan 9 From Outer Space? Actually pretty good! Miami Connection? Downright sublime! Manos, the Hands of Fate? OK, still awful. The Room, though, is on a whole other plane of existence.
Tommy Wiseau’s 2003 passion project — a tortured (in every way) love story that he wrote, directed and starred in — is just as unrelentingly weird as when it was first released. From the meandering non-plot and ridiculous dialogue to strange touches like bizarrely long yet softcore love scenes, that football scene with the bros (had he never actually thrown a football with people?) and his own over-the-top line delivery, The Room is a dish best served in a full, darkened theater.
Throw in Wiseau collaborator and actor in The Room Greg Sestero, who’s always eager to dish on his experiences on the film, and you’ve got lemonade out of a cinematic lemon.
9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland, SOLD OUT but stand-by available, enzian.org.
Enzian Theater
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This article appears in Jan 29 – Feb 4, 2025.