New York Post December 11, 2017 Funny – sometimes brutally – and surprisingly touching, it works whether you’ve seen the source material or not, though there are p...
The Disaster Artist should definitely first be seen in the theater, with a raucous crowd roaring with laughter. But later it should be seen at...
Austin Chronicle November 30, 2017 There’s a nagging feeling we should expect something more from this guy. To borrow the most quotable line of dialogue from The Room (bel...
Village Voice November 28, 2017 A sense of gnawing inadequacy is a universal feeling, and The Disaster Artist certainly mines the notion that there’s a little bit...
San Diego Reader December 8, 2017 Wiseau also makes a pretty good avatar for Franco himself: a mercurial, relentless performer whose ambition encompasses a thrilling willi...
Associated Press November 30, 2017 There’s something joyful about the Franco brothers playing a fun-house mirror version of their own Hollywood arrival, and the film&rsquo...
On its own terms, The Disaster Artist is a funny movie.
ChrisStuckmann.com November 22, 2017 Oh hai, great movie! The Disaster Artist is a loving tribute to all those who dream big, even when everything seems to be going wrong.
Times (UK) December 8, 2017 Wiseau, The Room and the making of a celluloid catastrophe are the subjects of The Disaster Artist, a fabulous, strange and frequently hilario...
It features a genially goofy (and accurate) impersonation of Wiseau by Franco himself, plus irresistible interplay between the actor-director...
[James] Franco has not just made a really sharp, funny movie about movie making. He’s also made a layered and intimate portrait of ...
Little White Lies December 1, 2017 Funny, heartfelt and utterly bizarre.
812filmreviews September 5, 2018 The Room falls under the category of "so bad it’s good." The Disaster Artist, directed by James Franco, looks to capture everything that went...
The Disaster Artist largely works because it brings us closer to Tommy while reveling in the same ingredients that have turned him into an icon.
CNN.com November 29, 2017 The Disaster Artist – James Franco’s hyphenated turn as star, producer and director – deftly falls into that comedic pantheon, join...
Franco follows the model of Tim Burton’s biopic Ed Wood, approaching Wiseau with a delicate balance of affectionate mockery and a heartf...
New Statesman December 12, 2017 It’s entertaining, if framed and cut a touch manically.
RogerEbert.com December 1, 2017 By the end of The Disaster Artist, Wiseau is still a joke.
ScreenCrush September 13, 2017 Franco’s performance as Tommy Wiseau is a thing of beauty.
Toronto Star November 30, 2017 The old alchemist’s trick of turning lead into gold has nothing on The Disaster Artist, a film that masters the trickier feat of transforming...
The Ringer November 30, 2017 The real genius of The Disaster Artist is its understanding of anti-genius.
Newark Star-Ledger November 29, 2017 A perfect recreation of Wiseau’s very imperfect creation, and a celebration of anybody who ever made art – no matter how egregious.
Strikes a giddy, winning balance between hilarity and heart.
Vulture November 28, 2017 Whatever my queasiness about laughing at a head case, I couldn’t help myself from thrilling to Franco’s timing, his relish, his sw...
Chicago Reader November 30, 2017 Both the book and the movie try to explain what makes The Room such a phenomenon, but Franco loses patience and takes a scalpel to the st...
Refinery29 November 30, 2017 So, to see the machinations behind it – the never-ending takes, the adding of the water bottle, Wiseau’s commitment to "real human behav...
MovieFreak.com December 1, 2017 By channeling his inner Tommy Wiseau, James Franco manages to craft an intentional comedic sensation out of an unintentionally hilarious failure, T...
New Yorker December 4, 2017 The comedy, for all its scenes of giddy wonder, never gets past Tommy’s mask of mystery; avoiding speculation and investigation, it stays on...
Irish Times December 1, 2017 As a filmmaker, Franco has often tended toward high or performance art… The Disaster Artist allows for both these Francos to shine.
Sight & Sound December 7, 2017 Both The Room and The Disaster Artist prove exceptions to the old adage that you can’t polish a turd: while Wiseau saw his 'disasterpiec...
Miraculously, the supporting players end up illuminating Wiseau’s eccentricity instead of undercutting it.
USA Today November 28, 2017 Director James Franco’s enjoyable ode to the creative process – any creative process, really. It’s also one of Franco’s stro...
The Guardian December 3, 2017 James Franco hits all the right wrong notes in this hugely entertaining, true-life tale of Tommy Wiseau’s 2003 "disasterpiece" film The...
The Guardian November 30, 2017 [An] entertaining, if weirdly incurious and incomplete true-life story.
Funny and alarmingly factual.
Empire Magazine December 7, 2017 Sincere and sporadically funny, The Disaster Artist is an endearing tribute to failing in Hollywood. Anyway, how is your sex life?
New York Times November 30, 2017 Mr. Franco recreates the production of "The Room" – and the escalating behind-the-scenes nuttiness – with an assured, energetic touch …
Independent November 29, 2017 It’s a nice irony that one of the worst movies in recent history has enabled James Franco to make one of the best films in his own chequ...
Boston Globe November 30, 2017 "The Disaster Artist" is a love letter to a freak, straddling the line between admiring and appalled.
As an artist, Wiseau was a disaster. But what a mess he made.
The New Republic November 30, 2017 Perhaps Franco’s two decades of résumé mongering has all along been in the service of harnessing the real freak he had inside all along.
Culturess December 8, 2017 Unlike its bosom buddy, Tim Burton’s Ed Wood, it might be too niche a subject to resonate with mass audiences but it’s evident Franco a...
Even more impressively, Franco makes Wiseau, maybe the most unpleasant character he’s ever played, someone you genuinely root for in his deme...
Chicago Tribune November 30, 2017 Should newcomers to this particular cinematic phenomenon see "The Room" first? Yes. Seeing "The Disaster Artist" is less crucial to their camp...
Cinema Scope October 2, 2017 Everything here depicting the making of Wiseau’s magnum opus is detailed and hilarious.
[Boasts] a genuine capacity to delight, whether or not the audiences in question have seen "The Room."
It may soon join Tim Burton’s Ed Wood in the ranks of great movies about terrible movies.
The Guardian September 13, 2017 The dazzle of the cast and the targeted in-jokes never take away from the film’s core messaging about the importance of believing in one&rsqu...
Chicago Sun-Times November 30, 2017 "The Disaster Artist" is a breezy, entertaining and even affectionate movie about the making of "The Room."
The Atlantic December 1, 2017 Fans of The Room will find much to love here, but even if you’ve never heard of it, The Disaster Artist should delight.
News.com.au December 7, 2017 This movie isn’t just some Hollywood parody or inside joke. It takes Wiseau’s humanity seriously and portrays him as a wounded ind...
Daily Telegraph December 7, 2017 It’s The Room with a view from people with talent, sniggering with a veneer of generosity to save face.
Detroit News December 8, 2017 "The Disaster Artist" is a sweet, emotionally engaging tribute to friendship, the movies and the importance of dreams.
truthdig.com December 14, 2017 Franco’s film is disappointing and more than a little patronizing.
RogerEbert.com September 22, 2017 Franco remains one of the most fascinating performers of his generation, even if his directing ability needs a little work.
Newsday November 30, 2017 In the end, "The Disaster Artist" decides that the only bad movies are the ones that fail to bring us joy. "The Room" certainly can’t be...
BBC.com November 30, 2017 The Disaster Artist is still approximately 783 times better than the film it’s lampooning. Intoxicating fun, it deserves to be on&n...
Movie Mom December 1, 2017 Franco gives Wiseau and his story the film he was not able to give himself.
Franco wants to have his cake and eat it too, openly mocking Wiseau for his weirdness, then heralding him for his persistence and ability to embrac...
AV Club September 14, 2017 How did a story with this much potential get turned into something so unimaginative?
ReelViews December 6, 2017 A fascinating glimpse into the genesis of one of Hollywood’s worst releases and is worthy of a space alongside Ed Wood on the shelf for dream...
The Disaster Artist is funny from the beginning, but it becomes downright side-splitting once Tommy gets onto a film set.
Rolling Stone November 27, 2017 James Franco is firing on all his creative cylinders in this comic bonanza about Tommy Wiseau, the worst filmmaker of the 21st century. Franco hits...
Us Weekly November 28, 2017 The result is a hysterical and loving tribute sure to generate just as much raucous cheering as one of The Room’s urban midnight screeni...
Mashable September 21, 2017 Inhabiting Wiseau’s skin gives [James Franco] liberty to be as weird as he wants to be and it completely works. Even when Tommy’s actio...
Slant Magazine September 16, 2017 The Disaster Artist perfectly communicates the surreal hell of what the original production of The Room must have been like.
