In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

First of all, the lead, Peter Krause is great. I'm a huge "Six Feet Under" fan, but that's neither here nor there. Julianna Margulies, who I would never expect to see in something this esoteric and weird, it's also very good as the supporting actress. They simply need more tv like this, even tho it's a decade plus old at the time of this review, it still holds up. If you enjoy solid sci fi parallel reality/dimension world building and mind bending metaphysical mystery, this is definitely for you. I know that is not everyone's cup of tea, however if it is this is MUST SEE for any science fiction fan whether you're more on the casual side or the deeper viewer. This is truly one of the best mini series I've ever watched. There's not much else to say and it's pointless to talk about the plot, honestly I would recommend going in knowing as absolute little as humanly possible. I was fortunate enough to do that and I was absolutely enthralled from beginning to end. Just bring an open mind and prepare to have it blown. Everything from the pacing(which I find to be a hugely under rated film/tv attribute, especially in a mini series) to the cinematography is damn near impeccable. My only complaint about this show is that there wasn't a sequel! 10/10 would watch again.....and again and again and again. This makes me wanna see Peter Krause docmore sci fi!! Now having said all that, realize that this is not The Godfather, and makes no attempt to be anything more than what it is. Don't go in looking to pick it apart from a siskel and ebert kinda romp. Anything can be dissected that way, and it kinda defeats the purpose of losing ourselves in film.

Don't get me wrong. The series was a great ride. It started great, just like other series do (e.g. Lost, Fringe) and just like them, opened up a number of possibilities. But alas -unfortunately- just like them, it had such a disappointing ending! So many answers remained unexplained.The story begins with a mystery room, a motel's room number 10, that can only be accessed via a special key. There's a hunt for this key and the room's objects which all have magical properties. So the hunt continues for 5 great episodes. And then you got the ending. Spoilers follow: Who was this character in the room? Why was he "chosen" to be another "object"? Why should he die? Why didn't the main character remain in the room as the future "object"? What was this room? How did it all start? What happened to the Order and the Legion who were seeking the objects? These are a few of the questions that remain unanswered, leaving the viewer dissatisfied and -quite frankly- angry with the show. Just like I said, a great ride, with a horrific (not in a fun way) destination.

Over all I thought that The Lost Room was a very good miniseries. It's actually the best miniseries I have ever seen. The story line was really good, full of different twists that kept me on the edge of my seat. For the most part it kept me interested throughout the entire four and half hours. Now i am not going to lie at first I thought it dragged on, while it tried to get the story rolling, but after that it was really good. I Actually wish they would have continued the miniseries and explained what all the other objects did or maybe create another series about them collecting all of the other objects and destroying them. There are just so many different things they could still do with this movie. I am really surprised that I didn't hear about it until now.Overall I would have to say that the acting was good and that all of the characters were good. All of the actors and actresses were very believable and brought their characters to life. You felt empathy toward Joe Miller after he lost his daughter. Even the supporting characters were really good from Howard "The Weasel" Montague to Harold Stritzke (the keeper of the comb). They played their parts to perfection making me believe that they all could actually be like that. Karl Kreutzfeld and Dr. Martin Ruber especially had me going because one moment you thought they were good but next thing you know they are turning on everyone and throwing aside anyone that was helping them. I wished they could have done more with the characters like Wally Jobrowski and Harold Stritzke like show what they were doing while all of this is going on or maybe like what happened to them after it was all over but like I said it was good overall.

There are a bunch of objects that belong in the motel room. Each of them give you a power. There are different groups of people that have different beliefs about the room, whether they are the remains of God or just to be used by God. The reasoning behind these objects are unclear, and they don't go really too deep into the whole God thing. But the thing that brings all these Motel room together is key.And everything works under a certain line of rules. The mystery and the epic evolves around these objects. It's impressive that they made a mini-series that just involve simple objects and made them so interesting. The story centers around a single man who lost his daughter in the room. Like us he is discovering the history behind the objects like we are.Overall, this is a great epic that is intriguing and well written. I strongly suggest this show for those who love adventures and discovery.