"The Room" is a 10-minute black-and-white short film from almost 15 years ago. It was the first directorial effort by Rutger Hauer, one of the most known movie stars from Holland ever. He directed the film with Erik Lieshout, who also co-wrote the script. But even if it is a Dutch production, the language is English, so you will not need any subtitles if you're American. Hauer directed 2 more short films in the 10 years after that, but this one here is probably his most known. These 10 minutes are basically a one-man show for Hauer who also stars in here. His character keeps talking about a room that had a very special impact on him for some reason. While I thought Hauer did a fine job with the directing, I was never really impressed with the script and also the final twist is really more pretentious than interesting. They tried to make something very artistic here, but in my opinion they failed. It certainly also did not help that this film seemed to take itself so seriously all the time. It was almost a bit on the cringeworthy side at times. All in all, a disappointment. Not recommended.
Review of The Room
