Have you ever eaten a really decadent dessert and after every bite, you can’t help yourself, but exclaim out loud, “oh this is so good!’. Well, that was Carrie and I last night during The Disaster Artist. Each one of us exclaimed at some point, ‘oh my God this is so good’. Not to mention, we realized another thing we have in common (besides being introverted Sagitarians), we both love Nathan Fielder. So an aside for a quick commercial: if you’ve never seen Nathan for You on Comedy Central, seek it out for God’s sake, it’s a classic.
Ok, back to the review: The Disaster Artist is chock full of great cameos, from Melanie Griffith to Sharon Stone, Judd Apatow to Seth Rogen, Nick Kroll to Jacki Weaver…absolute perfection!
Best, best of all is James Franco who, if the Academy Awards honored comedy, would and should get the Oscar. He not only mastered a Polish accent though the character (based on a real man named Tommy Wiseau) insists he’s from New Orleans, but he also did some crazy cosmetic accoutrements to his eyes, one lazy, both a strange color of blue gray.
Not to mention, James Franco, actually has had a Tommy Wiseau experience, meaning he made a passion project film based on Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury which bombed. Hence, James could own this part in more ways than one.
I can really only think of one minor problem and yet I wouldn’t even change this picayune trifle; let me explain. I’m not a big Dave Franco fan. There’s something just a little too doofy about him to make me believe his role. He just reeks of silly to me. However, having him play James’ muse while knowing that their brothers in real life, has to be one of the sweetest double entendre’s since Ryan O’Neal and Tatum were together in Paper Moon.
You’ll laugh in this movie and also be moved. I really can’t say enough about it other than bravo to James Franco for direction and acting (Oscar! Or at the very least Golden Globe!) and props also to the screenwriters: Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber (5oo Days of Summer, The Spectacular Now, also great stuff they’ve done). Go. See. This. Film!
