mattgoldberg 's review for:

The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside the Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell

4.0

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This one took longer to finish than I thought, and it’s not like the writing is bad. In fact, it’s surprisingly good and Sestero and Bissell make a formidable team. What I like most about the book is not only Sestero’s humility (something that could have easily been eroded by The Room’s cult status), but how he shows you can look at Tommy Wiseau and see a talentless bastard, a pitiable creature, and a vivacious dreamer, and all these descriptions can be true. I’m not sure if The Disaster Artist is really about anything, but it makes for a fascinating character study and a fun behind-the-scenes look for people who love The Room (I’m not that into The Room so there wasn’t that level of connection for me).