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Room Full of Spoons (2016) Spoiler-free.<\/em><\/p>\n There\u2019s nothing more nerve-wracking when it comes to watching movies than sitting down to watch a movie made by a friend of yours. I don\u2019t ever pray harder for a movie to be good than in that moment before it starts.<\/span><\/p>\n And there\u2019s nothing more exciting than when a movie made by a friend of yours is great.<\/span><\/p>\n By that dramatic paragraph break, I guess you can tell that I enjoyed this film. And if you have any interest in The Room<\/a>, you will too.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you don\u2019t know already, Room Full of Spoons is a documentary about the making of The Room. And if you aren\u2019t familiar with The Room, then well, why are you even reading this? This documentary isn\u2019t for you yet. Go watch The Room and then come back. Hell, watch it a couple times and then come back. Trust me, you\u2019ll want to.<\/span><\/p>\n I like The Room a lot, but Rick Harper likes it more than anyone I know combined. I don\u2019t think he even knows how many times he\u2019s seen it at this point. Combine that with the fact that he\u2019s a filmmaker himself, and I can\u2019t think of a more perfect person to make a comprehensive documentary about it. And on top of all that, he\u2019s like a really, really nice guy. I don\u2019t know about you, but it\u2019s hard for me to get into a documentary made by an asshole. Any other genre I can roll with it, but documentaries not so much.<\/span><\/p>\n Plus, I think being a nice guy can be pretty key when it comes to interviewing your subjects. A movie like this, that\u2019s comprised mostly of cast and crew interviews, is gonna get old pretty quick if they don\u2019t feel comfortable with their interviewer. And because it\u2019s my buddy Rick they\u2019re talking to, the people in this never feel wooden in the least. They\u2019re all affable and excited to talk in-depth about this bizarre cult phenomenon, and their even-more-bizarre experience making it.<\/span><\/p>\n Of the interviewees, Juliette Danielle\u2014who played \u2018Lisa\u2019 to Tommy Wiseau\u2019s \u2018Johnny\u2019 in the film\u2014is a standout. I wanted to hug her after this documentary was over. Girl\u2019s been through so much, from working her ass off acting in the thing, to being mortified at the first screening, to slowly coming to stop worrying and love the bomb. I found her to be quite candid and lucid, with an outlook towards her experience that\u2019s genuinely inspiring\u2014and an outlook towards the maestro auteur himself, Tommy Wiseau, that\u2019s refreshingly fair.<\/span><\/p>\n During the making of this doc, there was occasional blowback by Wiseau, due to suspicions that Rick would be delving into his past, which he\u2019s always kept highly guarded. And Rick does delve in\u2014but delicately and respectfully. You will learn more about Tommy Wiseau than you\u2019ve ever known\u2014including where he\u2019s from<\/i>\u2014but you won\u2019t feel like you now know too much, or that his privacy has been violated. That\u2019s a tough line to walk for any documentary, and my hat goes off to Rick for walking it maturely.<\/span><\/p>\n In conclusion, folks\u2014if you\u2019re a fan of The Room, this is required viewing. It\u2019s certainly enhanced my appreciation of the film, so much so that, though I\u2019ve felt kinda burnt out on it for the last couple years, I now can\u2019t wait to rewatch it. Hell, I might even throw some plastic spoons at my TV.<\/span><\/p>\n 4 out of 5 Codys.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n By the way, you can hear Rick Harper on two episodes of our podcast:<\/strong>
\n <\/b><\/span>Written & Directed by Rick Harper
\n <\/span>114 min.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n #5 \u2013 Rick Harper \/ The Room \/ Room Full of Spoons (5\/5\/14)
\n <\/a>#19 \u2013 Rick Harper Returns \/ Room Full of Spoons \/ Horror \/ Aspect Ratios (3\/2\/15)<\/a><\/p>\n