the good news be that no vacancy be not totally unwatchable . i manage to get through the whole thing by break it into two day of view . this alone make it good than lenny the wonderdog and many student film . back in 1995 and a young robert rodriquez make a fairly entertaining anthology film call four room and the setting be a hotel and the four story take place in different room of that hotel . marius balchunas think the idea so compelling that he appropriate it wholesale and write a script structure around the same premise . his one concession to originality be to change the setting from a hotel to a motel . unfortunately balchunas do not pay enough attention to the credit of four room and fail to see that it real strength be use four writer or director ( one be tarintino ) and a different director for each room . no vacancy have three main story . lillian ( christina ricci ) wake up in her room to find that she have spend the night with luke ( timothy olyphant ) instead of her finance . reynoldo ( joaquin de almeida ) and the motel manager and be size up his daughter anglo boyfriend . two seemingly non actor personal friend ( or enemy ) of balchunas be try to figure out a way to pay for the escort service they use the night before . there be a few other quirky character but they add almost nothing to the mix . robert wagner appear at one point playing harvey keitel the wolf character from pulp fiction while balchunas cleverly ( duh . ) disguise this identity theft by name the character mr. tangerine and apparently more homage to tarintino ( insert reservoir dog here ) . because the low budget do not permit any decent music or original score and balchunas have to rely on lounge music and possibly borrow from old episode of surfside six . there be no danger of a cd release . joaquin de almeida stuff be really well do and it would probably hold up well in a good movie but look even well here because of the awful stuff that surround it . ricci performance be nothing to write home about although that be probably due to the lame script . but no vacancy be a must see for her fan because of her physical appearance . this be her mega fat phase and her outfit reveal a lot that i do not really need to see . but no vacancy be worth see just to fully appreciate the miracle physical transformation that take place between it and her next film and sleepy hollow . i defy anyone without prior knowledge to detect that it be the same actress . tim burton must have lock her down for a few month of food withdrawal and exercise before he start film . it help some that she wear period costume in sleepy hollow and but her face have narrow significantly and she have get actual definition back in her feature .