‘The Room’ Gets Wide Release: Here’s What to Expect If It’s Your First Time Watching
“The Room,” Tommy Wiseau’s cult hit considered by some the best-worst movie of all time, is finally getting a wide release after 15 years. Previously limited to semi-regular midnight screenings, “The Room” will play in roughly 600 theaters across the country for one night only on Wednesday (get tickets here).
Yet people who have never seen the movie but are curious after seeing James Franco’s “The Disaster Artist” might not know just what they’re getting into. This isn’t just some movie that has a big following. This is “The Room.” It has as many collective, participatory moments as a modern “Rocky Horror Picture Show.