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The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
Greg Sestero
4.29 AVERAGE
1.07k reviews for:
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
Greg Sestero
4.29 AVERAGE
The Room is a movie that usually inspires mystified staring or some of the most painfully confused laughter that could ever escape your throat. It makes no sense; in fact, it defies sense, slapping sense in the face and daring it to make the next move. Greg Sestero lived inside this masterpiece/abomination (Masternation? Abomipiece?) for years, and a weaker person would have been broken by the experience. Sestero manages to take what he experienced and turn it into a fascinating parallel-narrative tell-all book. His friendship--if you can call it that--with the enigmatic and dense Tommy Wiseau is the stuff of nightmares, but he seems to have infinite patience and a true gift for reading and empathizing with people. After being only known as Mark ("Oh hai, Mark!"), Sestero puts a human, rational, and sympathetic spin on what we've only seen as the most terrible of all movies.
The Disaster Artist is a fun and engaging read. It may destroy your ability to laugh at Wiseau's film, but it makes it deeper and ultimately more satisfying. You'll also get answers to eternal questions like "why all the spoons?" and "how did he deliver that stupid comments line without killing himself?" and "why is Peter blinking so much?"
The Disaster Artist is a fun and engaging read. It may destroy your ability to laugh at Wiseau's film, but it makes it deeper and ultimately more satisfying. You'll also get answers to eternal questions like "why all the spoons?" and "how did he deliver that stupid comments line without killing himself?" and "why is Peter blinking so much?"
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this is definitely my favorite of all the books I've read this year. it's so hilarious, especially if you've seen the movie, but it also manages to be poignant and sad. highly recommended.
relistened to this in 2025 and I didn't enjoy it quite as much as the first time but I think that's just because I'm not a great audio listener. keeping the stars for nostalgia!
relistened to this in 2025 and I didn't enjoy it quite as much as the first time but I think that's just because I'm not a great audio listener. keeping the stars for nostalgia!
emotional
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
Tommy Wiseau is an inspiration when it comes to never giving up. Greg Sestero is an inspiration when it comes to doing an impression of Tommy Wiseau. This book is not as heart-warming as the movie (because real life isn't a movie), but it's an excellent read, particularly if you listen to the audiobook narrated by Sestero himself.
... maybe should have watched the movie first. this is extremely depressing.
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do not know how to feel about this. is this the best outcome for a deeply troubled and obviously mentally challenged individual? maybe?
i don't know, maybe watching the movie will change my mind, but mostly i just feel depressed after reading this.
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do not know how to feel about this. is this the best outcome for a deeply troubled and obviously mentally challenged individual? maybe?
i don't know, maybe watching the movie will change my mind, but mostly i just feel depressed after reading this.
It's a book, about the making of a movie, and now, they are making a movie of this book. What the heck. I've been doing a year-long book reading challenge, like a reading scavenger hunt, and the only category I had left was written by a celebrity. This kind of counts, I guess, as the author was the 'star' of the movie 'The Room' which was the subject of this book. Wow, big circle. A friend of mine is rather obsessed with this cult movie and it's whole everything else that followed. I don't share this obsession.
As a book, it wasn't terrible. The writing was fine. The action was, um, annoying. But, I don't really like Hollywood. Or famous people. Or people who get book deals only because they're famous. So . . . this was never going to be my favorite.
I was not as disappointed as I thought I would be. But the mystery remains. . . . Why would anyone want to hang out with Tommy? Ever. Seriously, you probably could pay me enough to hang out with him, but it would cost. you.
As a book, it wasn't terrible. The writing was fine. The action was, um, annoying. But, I don't really like Hollywood. Or famous people. Or people who get book deals only because they're famous. So . . . this was never going to be my favorite.
I was not as disappointed as I thought I would be. But the mystery remains. . . . Why would anyone want to hang out with Tommy? Ever. Seriously, you probably could pay me enough to hang out with him, but it would cost. you.
This was a really entertaining read. The audio book was great, and Greg’s “Tommy voice” made it easy to imagine these situations playing out in reality.
Every chapter had several very funny descriptors of Tommy that would have me laugh out loud. The parallel narratives kept things interesting.
Every chapter had several very funny descriptors of Tommy that would have me laugh out loud. The parallel narratives kept things interesting.