Ah, The Room. One of the most hilariously inept movies of all time. Is it any surprise it has its share of (unintentionally) funny moments?
- The poster for the movie shows a black-and-white shot of Johnny's mug, appearing to stare goofily in different directions while he pouts his lips. While it can be viewed as scary to some people, it's still incredibly silly-looking and should already tell you what kind of movie this is.
- The flower shop scene is hilariously broken. To quote a YouTube comment, "it's trying to portray a completely ordinary, everyday scenario, and yet it somehow manages to get literally everything completely wrong." For several reasons:
- Tommy enters the scene by parking his car and then inching it a few centimeters closer for no apparent reason. At the end of the scene, he grabs the flowers upside down and keeps carrying them that way when returning to his car. As the cherry on top, he's parked in the red "no parking" section.
- The pacing is bizarrely disjointed, with Tommy pausing for several seconds before responding to the line "Oh, I didn't know it was you," by which point the flower shop lady is a line ahead of him in the script. Immediately afterwards, the two rush through the rest of the scene, altogether giving the impression that the movie somehow hit a lag spike. This without getting into the implausibility of her not recognizing Johnny.
- The dog sitting on the counter, greeted at the end by Johnny's nonchalant "Hai doggy!" — slotted in breathlessly after he tells the flower shop lady to keep the change. The dog even looks a little like the flower shop lady. The Disaster Artist adds the subtext that the dog was just part of the scene, sitting there motionless, and totally unnerving Tommy Wiseau — which makes "Hai doggy!" even more hilarious.
- The whole scene seems to be shilling Johnny. Especially when the lady tells Johnny, "You're my favorite customer!" And because of the synchronization issues, she says this right as Johnny leaves, and she's offscreen at the time — making it look like "Doggy" is the one saying it.
- The film's second most famous line, spoken by Johnny to himself as he wanders out onto the roof:Johnny: I did naht hit her, it's naht true, it's bowlschit, I did naht hit her — I did naaaaaahhhtt. (limply tosses water bottle to the ground, notices Mark) Oh hai, Mark.
- It has so much to unpack:
- Johnny's facing a serious false allegation of domestic violence and he's mad about it. So he shows it by limply throwing a water bottle to the ground. We don't know why he waited until he was on the roof to respond this way, or even how the heck he found this out to begin with.
- Johnny slurs his lines tremendously in this scene. The words start running into each other, making it sound more like "is not true is bulsh-I did naaaaaaht."
- The bizarre reading of "I did not!", in which Johnny's head swivels like he's unhinging his jaw, and "not" comes out like it came from a mildly annoyed farm animal. That one word was, for many viewers, the single funniest part of the film.
- Mark is already sitting there on the roof and nonchalantly responds to all this, "Oh hey, Johnny, what's up?" He should have heard what Johnny was saying, but doesn't register the seriousness of it (well, none of the audience did). Johnny then repeats the accusations to Mark, who still doesn't react. He's also got a football with him... for whatever reason.
- The Disaster Artist adds even more subtext. Turns out that this scene took three hours to shoot. Tommy Wiseau just could not remember what he wrote.
- "Anyway, how is your sex life?" This line is funny enough on its own because it comes completely out of the blue, but what makes it even more hilarious is the fact that Johnny says it immediately after he claims he can't talk to Mark about what's going on at work because "it's confidential".
- Mike is generally funny, but his funniest line is easily, "And she's showing everybody me underwears!" Johnny's only reaction is, "You must be kidding, underwear, I got the picture!"
- The infamous scene where Johnny confronts Lisa about her lie of him hitting her, leading up to the greatest line in the movie:
- "Look, I don't wanna talk about it. I'm gonna go upstairs, and wash up, and go to bed." Says Lisa, as it's clearly still in the afternoon.
- "HAU DURR YEW TAHK TO MEH LAIKE THAAHT. YEW SHOULD TELL MEH EEVRETHEENG!"
- Although he denies hitting Lisa that night, Johnny shoves Lisa back onto the couch twice in this scene!
- Say it with us now: "You're lying! I never hit you... YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, LISA!!!"
- Tommy Wiseau himself admitted that this line was Actually Pretty Funny.
- According to The Disaster Artist, it was originally written in the script as "You're taking me apart, Lisa!" before Greg Sestero had him change it.
- After Lisa questions Johnny for being hysterical, he responds with a bizarre "Do you understand life? Do you?!"
- Thanks to his strange accent, it almost sounds like he pronounced "understand" as "undah-star." It even almost sounds like he said "Do you want to stay alive?"
- This exchange:Lisa: Don't worry about it. Everything will be all right.Johnny: You drive me crazy!Lisa: Good night, Johnny.Johnny: (In a dull, monotone voice) Don't worry about it. I still love you. Good night, Lisa.
- "Look, I don't wanna talk about it. I'm gonna go upstairs, and wash up, and go to bed." Says Lisa, as it's clearly still in the afternoon.
- This barely audible exchange at the party:Random Guy: Lisa looks hot tonight.
Guy's Wife: What do you mean, "hot"?
Guy: Oh, I'm sorry. Did I say "hot"? - The fight scene between Johnny and Mark is hilariously awful. Especially Johnny's angry dialogue:
- "Don't touch me, mawtherfawker. Get out!"
- "I'll kill you. I break every bone in your body! I'll kill you, you bastard."
- When Johnny finally confronts Mark about the affair, he's met with this Lame Comeback: "You don't know shit, all right?"
- "You betray me! You're not good. You- You're just a chicken- Cheep cheep cheep cheep cheeeeep!"
- The whole breast cancer thing. Claudette says, in no uncertain terms, "I got the results of the test back. I definitely have breast cancer." Lisa's only response is, "Don't worry about it, everything will be fine!", and no one ever mentions it again.
- Johnny locks himself in the bathroom fuming about Lisa and Mark. Lisa asks him to come out, and Johnny replies, "In a few minutes, bitch." Even though this is the closest thing Johnny has to a Moment of Awesome, he doesn't even sound angry. It comes across more like he's a little kid who's discovered swear words for the first time. Juliette Danielle, Lisa's actress, shamelessly admits that this was the only time she actually laughed out loud on set.
- These lines immediately after:Lisa: Who are you calling a bitch?Johnny: You and your stupid mother.
- These lines immediately after:
- This bizarre exchange:
- The exchange in which Lisa tries to tell her mother that Johnny hit her (even though he did naaaaaaht):Lisa: He didn't get his promotion. And he got drunk last night. (eyes shift downward) And he hit me.
Claudette: Johnny doesn't drink!
- This exchange is so bizarre that the viewers are split. One school of thought is that Claudette is such a conniving bitch that she doesn't care about domestic violence. The other is that Claudette is teaching Lisa how to be a conniving bitch and telling her that her lie doesn't hold any water. Either way, both Claudette and Lisa seem totally disengaged from the film's plot.
- When Lisa tries the story on Michelle, it's almost as funny:Lisa: He got drunk last night, and he hit me.
Michelle: He hit you?!
Lisa: He didn't know what he was doing.
Michelle: Are you okay?
Lisa: Well, I don't want to marry him anymore.
Michelle: What?! - Lisa gets Johnny drunk on a combination of scotch and vodka and flips Johnny to "drunk" mode, which is less convincing than the average ten-year-old pretending to be drunk.Johnny: I'm tie-erred, eye'm waysted, I luhrff you durrhling.
Lisa: Make love to me, Johnny.
Johnny: (groans)
- Johnny also manages to accidentally capture the audience's reaction to a third sex scene in a half hour.
- The whole Chris-R scene:
- "I don't have five fucking minutes, Denny!" (pulls a gun on Denny) "WHERE'S MY FUCKIN' MONEY, DENNY?! DID YOU LOSE MY FUCKIN' MONEY?! WHERE'S MY FUCKIN' MONEY, DENNY?!"
- Johnny makes a hilarious face when he and Mark come to rescue Denny. Greg even looks like he's about to burst out laughing!
- As Johnny and Mark wrestle Chris-R to the ground, Lisa and Claudette practically teleport to the rooftop between cuts. Then there's Lisa's "What's going on here? Somebody help!" along with Claudette's mildly confused facial expression.
- Claudette tells Denny off for taking drugs. Denny screams at her, "You're not my fucking mother!"
- "I owe him some money." "What kind of money?!" "I owe him some money!" "What kind of money?!"
- Claudette and Lisa both freak out about Denny's predicament. Denny suddenly whines, "Stop ganging up on me!"
- "Calm down, he's going to jail!"
- Johnny and Mark talking with their friend, Peter the psychologist:
- Mark tries to explain his predicament to Peter while obviously trying to dance around the fact that he's having an affair with Lisa while Johnny is in the room with him. The implications of Johnny's response to Mark's story adds a whole new level of hilarity to the movie:Mark: I have a girl, But she's married, I mean, she's very attractive, it just... It's driving me crazy.Peter: Why didn't you mention this before? I mean, is it anyone I know?Mark: Nah man, you don't know her.Johnny: Can I meet her?
- Then there's this:Mark: I don't think so. It's... It's an awkward situation.Johnny: (Completely deadpan) You mean she's too old, or you think I would take her away from you?(Peter laughs.)
- When Johnny and Peter are discussing that Johnny should talk to Lisa about her infidelity, and how people can't see their own faults, Mark randomly butts in, saying "Hey, I'm thinkin' about movin' to a bigger place, man. I'm makin' some good money." in a stereotypical jock voice.
- Johnny's impression of a chicken, which he does twice — once to Peter, the second time to Mark during the fight scene. "CHEEEEEEP-cheep-cheep-cheep-cheep. CheeeEEEeeeEEEeeeEEEuuuaaa." All while imitating a chicken's movements, very stiffly.
- The way Johnny and Mark talk about Bay to Breakers makes them sound like two aliens trying to imitate casual "guy talk":Peter: Who are you calling a chicken? I just don't like all the weirdos, there's- too many weirdos there.Johnny: Awh-ah-Eeeaaaauuhhh-I don't mind. Mark, do you remember the one with the big tits, the blondie one?Mark: How 'bout the one with the bridal gown and the sign?Johnny: Ah yeah! "Can you marry me?" Hahaha! Ah thoght ah woold teake harr ahp on eet. Hahaha.Mark: I never ate so much.Johnny: Yeah, the barbecue chicken was delicious rice. That was cool.Peter: You guys prove my point. You're both weird!
- Mark tries to explain his predicament to Peter while obviously trying to dance around the fact that he's having an affair with Lisa while Johnny is in the room with him. The implications of Johnny's response to Mark's story adds a whole new level of hilarity to the movie:
- Peter comes to the rooftop to talk with Mark about his affair, and finds him smoking weed, which he even offers him:Peter: What the hell is that?Mark: Ya want some? It's good, bro.Peter: You know I don't smoke that stuff.
- "Who are you callin' a kid?! Fuck you!"
- When Peter accuses Mark of having an affair with Lisa, Mark resorts to almost shoving Peter off the rooftop!
Peter: What are you, nuts?! God!- When Peter breaks free from Mark's grip, there is a long pause, then Mark responds with a plain old "sorry."
- Peter's last line in the film is, "That's it, I'm done." It's Hilarious in Hindsight when you realize that Peter's actor left the project midway through for another commitment, and he tried to get Tommy Wiseau to film the party scenes first before he had to leave, only for Tommy to insist instead on the infamous "football in tuxes" scene. Peter is perfectly voicing his actor's frustration with Tommy Wiseau, then leaves the movie to be replaced by Steven.
- "Hahaha. What a story, Mark." Hilarious for two reasons: first, the terrible dubbing, and second, because the hilarious story is Mark's account of a woman he knew who was brutally beaten to the point of hospitalization by one of her many lovers, which brings it right back over the line.
- Additionally, you can take Mark's name out and replace it with another person's name and it'll be just as funny. For example: "Hahaha. What a story, Greg."
- Mark getting a shave is treated like an Important Haircut, complete with an extreme closeup of his face and dramatic music. Johnny tells him, "Wow, you look great! You look... a babyface..." Greg Sestero called this one of the most embarrassing things he had ever done.
- Johnny's plaintive, "Everybody betray me! I fed up with this warruld!" Tommy Wiseau's ability to pronounce "world" with two syllables is impeccable.
- "Let's goh eat, haaauuu!"
- The swooning romanticism of Mark and Lisa's interactions:Lisa: I miss you.
Mark: I just saw you, what are you talking about? - Mark is mad:Mark: Leave your stupid comments in your pocket!
- Denny asks Johnny what movie they're going to see. Johnny responds with a nonsensical, "Denny, don't plan too much, it may not come out right."
- When Johnny finds out about Mark and Lisa's affair by listening to a recorded conversation between them:Johnny: You little tramp... HAH KOOLD YEU DEW DIS TO MEH?! AH GAEVE YEW SEVON YEARS of mah laiiiffe! (Meekly) And you betray me-(Slurring) Let's see what else we have on this tape.Lisa: No! Stop. You little prick, I put up with you for seven years. You think you're an angel. You're just like everybody.Johnny: I treat you like a princess... And you stab me in the back! I love you, and I did anything for you to just please you, and now you betray me! HAH KOOLD YEU LAHVE HEEM?!
- After Johnny continues listening to the tape, he goes berserk, letting out a primal, neanderthal-esque yell and throws the tape, which bounces off the wall like rubber.
- This:Johnny: Everybody betray me... I don't have a friend in the waruld...Lisa: I'm leaving you, Johnny.(Lisa leaves as Johnny watches her from the top of the spiral staircase.)(Johnny flops down hopelessly on his bed.)
- Although Johnny's suicide and its aftermath is supposed to be the saddest scene in the film, it has plenty of funny moments:
- "HaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!! WHYYYYY, LISA? WHY?! WHY?!"
- Johnny executes the most hilarious Anger Montages in cinematic history. He can't help but looking totally bored. Many of his lines are completely unintelligible ("You bitch", "Bluddaholewurld!"). He nonchalantly pulls out the drawers, feebly knocks the plastic fruits off the dish, and casually tosses a CRT TV out the window without even disguising that it's clearly a hollowed-out prop. The scene's best bit is the serendipitous cinematography, when Johnny knocks down three pictures off the fireplace and one of them falls over on top of the camera.
- Special mention goes to Johnny's half-hearted "nyaaaaaaagggggghhh!" as he swipes portraits and decor off his mantle.
- Johnny attempts to make, of all things, quietly pulling sheets off his bed and tossing them to the floor look intense as dramatic music blasts over the act. He then flops down on the mattress for a brief moment, appearing as if he's about to make a snow angel before getting up again to throw a shoe at a mirror.
- Johnny's tantrum culminates in him humping Lisa's red dress and then sitting on the floor and sadly sticking a gun into his mouth.
- The hilarious grunting noises Johnny makes as he humps the dress.
- Johnny sniffing and rubbing his face with the dress after humping it.
- Johnny grabs an open box (containing the gun he uses to kill himself with), which he then closes so that he can open it for drama or something.
- It doesn't close all the way, though, because his fingers were already sticking inside it.
- "Gahd... Fuggive muh..." BANG!
- When Lisa and Mark discover Johnny's body, which is clearly lying there lifeless with a pool of blood around his head, they're not quite sure what they've seen:
- Lisa and Mark soon start bickering among each other, leading to some hilarious lines, like:Lisa: I lost him, but I still have you, right?!
Mark: (shoves Lisa away) You don't have me! You'll never have me. - Or:Mark: As far as I'm concerned, you can drop off the Earth! That's a promise.
- And to top it all off:Mark: GET OUT OF MY LIFE, YOU BITCH! (Followed by Mark love-tapping Lisa.)
- Denny shows up, sees what happened, goes to Johnny (or rather what's left of him), and shouts at Mark and Lisa, "Leave us!"
- Steven finds out about the affair and has a bit of a dramatic response:Steven: I feel like I'm sitting on an atomic bomb, waiting for it to go off.
Michelle: Me too! - Johnny sprinkles rose petals all over Lisa's breasts during their sex scene. After sex, we see that Lisa still has petals stuck to her back. Johnny then gets out of bed, grabs another rose, smells it, and settles it down by a sleeping Lisa. It's practically a threesome with a plant.
- Johnny is clearly screwing Lisa's belly button during the sex scene.
- The next morning, Johnny gets out of bed, completely naked, but mercifully covers his crotch with a sheet. That doesn't mean we're safe from seeing him proudly display his bare ass for all of us to see, though.
- Mike and Michelle's sex scene
is somehow more awkward and hilarious than any scene involving Johnny and Lisa:- Mike's weirdly forced undressing, where he shoots both hands straight up like he's playing "Simon Says".
- Mike apparently orgasms as soon as Michelle puts her head in the general vicinity of his crotch.
- Mike awkwardly describes his romantic gestures:Mike: Did you, uh know... that chocolate... is the symbol of love?
- Mike's sexual turn-on face is one of the funniest things caught on film.
- Claudette walks in on Mike and Michelle and utters a line that, intentionally or otherwise, mirrors exactly what the audience is thinking at that point:Claudette: What are these characters doing here?
- Later in the movie, Mike makes a "casual announcement" to his friends:Mike: I have to go see Michelle in a little bit to make out with her.
- Johnny gets oddly emphatic:Johnny: It seems to me like you're the EXpert, Mark!
- Greg can also be seen smiling as Tommy says this.
- Johnny tells Lisa at his surprise birthday party, "You invited all of my friends! Good thinking!" As if Lisa were going to invite his enemies, or a bunch of random strangers off the street.
- Johnny's reaction when Denny tells him he thinks he's in love with Lisa:Johnny: If a lot of people luv each other... the warruld would be a better place.
- Lisa and Mark have a riveting phone conversation in which Lisa says, "You just don't care," and Mark bluntly responds, "I do care." Eight seconds later, we get the exact same exchange, with the only difference being Mark being slightly more frustrated this time.
- When Lisa first calls Mark:
- Denny shows up at the door and literally asks to borrow a cup of sugar. It's very difficult to take seriously. Then Denny comes back again looking to borrow some other ingredients.Claudette: Doesn't your home have a kitchen?
