The Disaster Artist


The Disaster Artist
This week’s Oscar hopeful is about an aspiring actor in Hollywood who meets an enigmatic stranger by the name of Tommy Wiseau. This meeting leads the actor down a path nobody could have predicted, creating the worst movie ever made. The film has garnered one Oscar nom and has numerous other awards and nominations.

103 minutes.
No persons under 18 (Language, Sex, Nudity).
Biographical, Comedy, Drama, On the art circuit
Eat ytour heart out, Freddy Mercury!
Eat ytour heart out, Freddy Mercury!

Credits

Cast
Dave Franco, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Ari Gaynor, Alison Brie, Jackie Weaver, Paul Scheer, Zac Efron
Director
James Franco
ScreenplayScott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, from the book by Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell
MusicDave Porter
CinematographyBrandon Trost
EditingStacey Schroeder
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Dolby Atmos
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2017
Produced byGood Universe, New Line Cinema, Point Grey Pictures, RabbitBandini Productions, Ramona Films, RatPac-Dune Entertainment

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreComedy
LanguageStrong impact, frequent, demeaning and used as an expression.
NudityModerate impasct, fairly frequent, in sexual context.
SexNone (sic)
ViolenceNone
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

R: RestrictedRated R for language throughout and some sexuality/nudity
Runtime104
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
5
Violence
1
Blood / Gore / Gross
1
Guns / Weapons
1
Profanity
5
Alcohol / Drugs
3
Smoking
1
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
4
Imitative Behaviour
4
Frightening / Tense Scenes
1
Jump Scenes
0
Tense Family Scenes
1
Music (Scary/Tense)
0
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
3

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
16 +
Positive messages
3
Positive role models
2
Violence
2
Sex
4
Language
4
Consumerism
1
Drinking, drugs, smoking
1

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Jamal-Dean Grootboom quote iconTriumph of The Disaster Artist.
15
Die Burger
Karla Janse van Vuuren quote iconFliek oor die 'swakste fliek ooit' is uniek en pret.
10
24.com
Herman Eloff quote iconIt’s a wonderful piece of cinematic work and undoubtedly worth watching.
15
Metacritic.com
44 critics
15
Rottentomatoes critics
261 critics
15
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconOh, hai Mark. The Disaster Artist is a surprisingly poignant and charming movie-about-a-movie that explores the creative process with unexpected delicacy.
18
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
15
CommonSenseMedia
Staff evaluation quote iconLoving, funny portrait of infamous filmmaker; sex, language.
15

What the People say

Metacritic.com users
175 users
15
Rottentomatoes users
12133 users
15
IMDB
37936 Netizens
16

Average .. 75%

15

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