The Immaculate Room

This review is purely story related. The immaculate room begins as a typical torture-* film, then slowly unravels into a detrimental human conversation. What is the reason you are living? To Mikey, he was in the room for no other reason than to appease Kate. He had never needed money, and due to his comfortable upbringing his child-like persona had never been detested. To Kate she was in the room for nothing other than money. She never took treats, never contemplated leaving, and when Mikey pleaded her to leave with him she chose the money over their relationship almost killing him for it. People value different things. They always will, that's what makes you human. In the end you could see Mikey had changed for the worst, no longer seeming his happy self, and Kate changed for the better as she donated her winnings to the homeless shelter. Beautiful story with an amazing message.

A couple are sent to "The Immaculate Room" where if you spend 50 days in a room where there is mostly nothing that you win 5 million dollars. It was quite intriguing that the movie was shot in only one room and Mikey and Kate are questioning their own sanity while spent locked up by themselves as days go on with surprises that the room gives them. It is, at best, a decent film.

I knew it would be bland as soon as I saw which media company was behind this. Chicken Soup for the Soul claims to be the most self-conscious aware organization but they are so bland when it comes to their storytelling I'm talking no seasoning salmonella still pink in the middle because nothing's ever finished the way it should be. It's fully cooked with no spices. It leaves so much room for improvement you could make a whole new dish. That's the only way I describe the effort that went into this dry piece of useless bland chicken film. 🎥 First of all anybody would have full blown psychosis after two weeks, in an all white room with no windows and no exit so you can imagine at 51 days. But no. It was boring. The budget was 5 million. I suppose they just wasted that on the actors because this has no value -it's like let's make the cheapest set possible spend a good chunk on the actors and somehow believe people will love it. It's boring. Fast forward to the end if you need closure. Ok bye.

As expected the whole movie was shot in one room. I knew this going into the movie. I pictured it would be like movies such as Cube (1997), or Room (2015). The only difference was those movies added something special into the mix, where this one didn't! I must say I added a star because I am a Hirsch fan, but only one star. The few interesting moments did not outweigh the long drawn out boring parts in this movie. I get it though, sometimes we don't know how toxic a relationship might be until we slow down and actually take a hard look at it. The lead was just NOT likeable! I actually hated her in this movie, her voice, everything was just annoying. This made the movie unlikable. No matter what she did at the end, I already disliked her and would have wished for someone else to play her in this movie. This felt like (to me), a very slow independent film about two people who anyone could see would be better off alone. I would not recommend and I only endured it for Hirsch, I will not be watching it again though.

The Immaculate Room feels like a missed opportunity. It has an interesting idea and starts off well enough but loses it's way badly towards the end. Emile Hirsch (who is seemingly incapable of a bad performance) and Kate Bosworth (may be the strongest i've seen her) give great performances and it was nice to see M. Emmet Walsh in one scene. The concept of the movie is definitely better than the execution and the directing is rather poor at times, most notably in the ending which is rushed and is really a letdown after what's gone on before. Shame.......................................................