Johnny (Tommy Wiseau) seems to have it all: a great apartment, a great job and a girlfriend (Juliette Danielle) who is "so beautiful". But can he trust her?
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Here at This Cinematic Life, we believe in championing minority voices in film. Outsiders are important because they have a different perspective on things. Black filmmakers see things that white filmmakers don't. Females see what men ignore. Well for my money, you cannot get much more "outsider" than Tommy Wiseau. And with how secretive he likes to be about his past, a strong case could even be made that he is in fact an alien from outer space! Perhaps this film is his attempt to understand why humans do the things we do? Viewed from this perspective, the film becomes a rather poignant story about an alien looking for love, who finds only cruelty. But who am I kidding? Wiseau is as human as the rest of us, and this film is hilarious.
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