The Room
Seville Pictures
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Synopsis:
Alex (Pascal Duquenne) is a trisomic man, stuck in a wheelchair since a mysterious fall in the stairs. Alex is traumatised by his parents: Max (Philippe Résimont), a frustrated composer turned completely mad and violent; and Marie (Françoise Mignon), a cold and hysteric woman. Alex's only friend is his sister Melinda, who's been taking care of him for years. But Melinda, 9-month pregnant of an unknown man, also maltreated by her parents, is about to leave the family home to start a new life, leaving Alex behind. And just then, at the peak of the family crisis, a mysterious door appears in the house, at a place where there was nothing before. And everyone who enters it disappears in a terrifying scream. The members of the family discover they're trapped in the house - every exit seems unnaturally locked - and they start disappearing in The Room one after the other. Due to these terrifying events, the family will have to face their most terrible secrets, which will almost make them kill each other. But what mystery is hiding inside... The Room ?
I like horror movies, I like thrillers, I like foreign flicks. This movie is (supposedly) all three, but really is just a shrinkwrapped turd that looks like a shiny disc.
Man ALIVE this is a stinkfest. Boring, trite, hammy and boring (did I say boring twice? Sorry - I meant to say it 3 times: BORING.) Almost worse than all of those, the film (and the actors and the story and the fact that I'll never get these 82 minutes of my life back) is all annoying -- sitting down to watch this oozing pile of horse manure reminded me of sitting in my grade 7 classroom with the jerk bully Leroy flicking me in the back of the head, over and over, while I sat there, crying inside, wanting to lash out at the world but being too dumb/chicken/insert-adjective-here to do anything about it.
To quote Cher, "If I could turn back time..." I'd go back in time 82 minutes, slap myself for even thinking of watching this, and then instead smash it with a hammer.
Video: How's it look?
2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer is decent enough, despite the low quality of this entire production.
Audio: How's it sound?
Dolby Digital 2.0 mix does the job of delivering the audio... unfortunately.
Extras: What additional goodies are included?
Closing Thoughts
Stink + no extras = smelly, rotten, garbage
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