The Room is famously terrible. First, it’s amazing how the dialogue nonsensically bounces around topics yet also repeats earlier conversations, going everywhere and nowhere at once. Meanwhile, entire scenes are unrelated to the narrative while other scenes are copies of previous moments. Plot points are introduced and instantly abandoned. Characters' actions are inconsistent and illogical. This is amplified by the fascinatingly bad acting, particularly Tommy Wiseau's. His energy level is often inappropriate and his transitions between emotional beats are comically unnatural.
From a technical standpoint, The Room has slight merit but only in a relative sense. The sound design is okay, but audio effects are overused and Tommy's dubbing is hilariously unconvincing. The camera framing mostly captures its subjects, but sometimes action is outside the shot. The musical mood is usually in the correct ballpark, but the end credits song is an R&B ballad that doesn't match. Lastly, the production design looks like actual sets, but they’re cheap and poorly dressed. Ultimately, The Room is a symphony of disasters that is quite fun to laugh at. It's not for everyone and it’s certainly not conventionally good, but The Room is a glorious wreck.
Writing: 0/10
Direction: 0/10
Cinematography: 1/10
Acting: 0/10
Editing: 1/10
Sound: 1/10
Score/Soundtrack: 2/10
Production Design: 1/10
Casting: 0/10
Effects: 0/10
Overall Score: 0.6/10
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