Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
Dave Franco, James Franco, Seth Rogen, Ari Gaynor, Alison Brie, Jackie Weaver, Paul Scheer, Zac Efron |
| Director |
James Franco |
| Screenplay | Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, from the book by Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell |
| Music | Dave Porter |
| Cinematography | Brandon Trost |
| Editing | Stacey Schroeder |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2017 |
| Produced by | Good Universe, New Line Cinema, Point Grey Pictures, RabbitBandini Productions, Ramona Films, RatPac-Dune Entertainment |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Language | Strong impact, frequent, demeaning and used as an expression. |
| Nudity | Moderate impasct, fairly frequent, in sexual context. |
| Sex | None (sic) |
| Violence | None |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | |
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| R: Restricted | Rated R for language throughout and some sexuality/nudity |
| Runtime | 104 |
| USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. | |
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| Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
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| Suggested age limit 16 + |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Jamal-Dean Grootboom  Triumph of The Disaster Artist. | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Karla Janse van Vuuren Fliek oor die 'swakste fliek ooit' is uniek en pret. | 10 |  |
| 24.com Herman Eloff It’s a wonderful piece of cinematic work and undoubtedly worth watching. | 15 | |
| Metacritic.com 44 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 261 critics | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Oh, hai Mark. The Disaster Artist is a surprisingly poignant and charming movie-about-a-movie that explores the creative process with unexpected delicacy. | 18 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 15 | |
| CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Loving, funny portrait of infamous filmmaker; sex, language. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Metacritic.com users 175 users | 15 | |
| Rottentomatoes users 12133 users | 15 | |
| IMDB 37936 Netizens | 16 | |
Average .. 75% | 15 | |