A Wild Roomer

Charles Bowers, the madcap inventor of *A Wild Roomer*, races against time to unveil his life’s work—a machine capable of creating and sustaining life itself—before his scheming uncle reclaims the family fortune. With 12 hours to assemble his invention, Bowers navigates a chaotic gauntlet of mechanical mishaps, bureaucratic red tape, and his uncle’s increasingly absurd sabotage. The film reaches its emotional zenith in a surreal sequence where the machine fashions a doll, stitches a beating heart into its chest, and nurtures it into existence—a moment of ingenuity that feels both whimsical and haunting. But as Bowers balances the demands of invention with the weight of legacy, the film teeters between inspired nonsense and narrative disarray.