The Disaster Artist Review: 8 Ups & 1 Down

7. It's Unexpectedly Heartfelt

It would've been incredibly easy for The Disaster Artist to be 100 minutes of everyone laughing at Tommy Wiseau, and while it certainly does make jokes at the expense of Wiseau's eccentricity, it's actually a surprisingly sincere film at its core.

Wiseau is depicted here as a lonely man trying to find his place in the world through the medium of film, and the story of The Room's creation is a shockingly earnest, heartfelt one about friendship, the power of perseverance, and the value of art, no matter how "bad" it might be.

The film's climax, which depicts the world premiere of The Room, is especially poignant, cementing that while the film may have been a dramatic flop as per Wiseau's original intent, no film that brings so many people so much joy can be a true failure.

Wiseau's arc in the movie, if he has one at all, involves embracing this notion and shedding at least some of his ego in the process. This is a film with a real beating heart beneath all the jokes, and dare one say one of the most weirdly human films of the year.