10 Terrible Movies That Were Absolutely Bursting With Cliches

3. The Room (2003) I've seen writer, director, producer, and star of this film Tommy Weisau compare it to Citizen Kane. I've also seen Citizen Kane. And Citizen Kane this is not. Perhaps the one thing this movie has in connection with Citizen Kane is that you must see it to believe it. Like a few other films on this list, this movie comes from someone who, in a traditional sense, should not be making movies. Personally, I don't necessarily agree with that philosophy, because if Tommy Wiseau were never allowed to make movies, we'd never have The Room, a movie that - in its own weird way - has contributed to the discussion of "film as art." So what if that's because this is terrible? It dares to ask the question, "What if we used every plot cliche ever imagined to explain a broken relationship?" Lisa doesn't love Johnny anymore, presumably because he didn't get his promotion, he got drunk last light, and he hit her (don't worry, he didn't). Lisa is compulsive in her deceit, even lying about being pregnant, which she explains she did, "to make it more interesting." Well, thanks for trying, Lisa. She even has an affair with Johnny's best friend Mark. The love triangle erupts into a fight during the middle of a party. And to the viewers dismay, none of this makes it anymore interesting, either. There's a young teen named Denny, a name for a young character that has to be its own cliche by now. Denny has gotten himself into trouble: He owes money to the wrong people. I'll insert a paragraph break to give to time to see if you can figure out where this is going. If you said "Drug Dealers," congratulations: You've been paying attention. This conflict again erupts in a fight, this time atop a roof that is clearly a stage with a city-scape designed over a green-screen. How does this relate to the plot between Tommy and Lisa? I'm not too sure and apparently neither was Wiseau because it's dropped almost immediately. Other cliches involve a character throwing an object in a mirror, a parent with cancer, a sex scene shot with curtains around the bed (even this millennium), phone-tapping, a sex scene on a staircase, a man is threatened by being dangled over the side of a building, and wonderful cliched dialogue such as: "You are tearing me apart, Lisa!", "This will be our secret," and the double-header, "I treat you like a princess and you stab me in the back." Hopefully none of this discourages you from seeing it. Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't believe me.