When Peter asks Mark if the affair is with Lisa, Mark attacks Peter and attempts to kill him, but they quickly reconcile.Īt a surprise birthday party for Johnny, his friend Steven catches Lisa kissing Mark while the other guests are outside and confronts them about the affair. Mark also confides in Peter that he feels guilty about his affair. Johnny spirals into a mental haze and calls upon Peter – his and Mark's friend and a psychologist – for help. Denny also lusts after Lisa, and confesses this to Johnny, who understands and encourages him to instead pursue one of his classmates. Meanwhile, Johnny, having overheard Lisa confessing her infidelity to her mother, Claudette, attaches a tape recorder to their phone in an attempt to identify her lover by recording their phone conversations.ĭenny, a neighboring college student whom Johnny financially and emotionally supports, has a run-in with an armed drug dealer, Chris-R, but Johnny and Mark overpower and detain him. She seduces his best friend, Mark, and the two begin a secret affair. Johnny is a successful banker who lives in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiancée Lisa, who has become dissatisfied with their relationship.
Ī number of publications have labeled The Room as one of the worst films ever made.
The stage play from which the film is derived was so-called due to its events taking place entirely in a single room. The work was reportedly intended to be semi-autobiographical in nature according to Wiseau, the title alludes to the potential of a room to be the site of both good and bad events.
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A significant portion of the film is dedicated to a series of unrelated subplots, most of which involve at least one supporting character and are left unresolved due to the film's inconsistent narrative structure. The film centers on a melodramatic love triangle between amiable banker Johnny (Wiseau), his deceptive fiancée Lisa (Danielle) and his conflicted best friend Mark (Sestero). The Room is a 2003 American independent drama film written, produced, executive produced and directed by Tommy Wiseau in his feature-length directorial debut, who stars in the film alongside Juliette Danielle and Greg Sestero.