Rent The Roommate (2011)
2.7 of 5 from 80 ratings
1h 28min
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- Synopsis:
- She's cute. She's loyal. She's psychotic. And unfortunately for college freshman Sara (Minka Kelly) she's The Roommate from hell. When Sara arrives at college, she finds new romance with Stephen (Cam Gigandet) and befriends her roommate Rebecca (Leighton Meester). However, what begins as friendship soon turns to fear as Sara comes face-to-face with the terrifying realisation that her new best friend is obsessive, unbalanced... and maybe even a killer!
- Actors:
- Minka Kelly, Leighton Meester, Cam Gigandet, Aly Michalka, Danneel Ackles, Frances Fisher, Tomas Arana, Billy Zane, Nina Dobrev, Matt Lanter, Kat Graham, Johannes Raassina, Cameron Fisher Brousseau, Evan Michael Brown, Alex Meraz, Jerrika Hinton, Jennifer Cadena, Adam Saunders, Cory Tucker, Will McFadden
- Directors:
- Christian E. Christiansen
- Writers:
- Sonny Mallhi, Nick Bylsma
- Studio:
- Sony
- Genres:
- Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 12/09/2011
- Run Time:
- 91 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, German DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Norwegian, Swedish, Turkish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Director's commentary
- Deleted scenes
- Obsession: The making of The roommate
- The roommate: Next generation of stars
- Dressing dangerously
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The Roommate review by Melissa Orcine - Cinema Paradiso
Sara (Minka Kelly) is an incoming freshman at the University of Los Angeles. She is long away from Iowa, her home, and is nursing a broken heart. Good thing her roommate Rebecca (Leighton Meester) is there to pick up the pieces. Sara and Rebecca become instant BFF’s and already, they look alike, and soon enough, they will be the same person. Sara has no idea what Rebecca is like, and what she is, is a full-blown stalker. Trouble is, she’s ‘The Roommate’!
Directed by newcomer Christian B. Christiansen (is that for real?!), the Scandinavian delivers a humdrum of a psychological thriller involving young women with smooth skin and great hair. Well, for Minka Kelly’s Sara that is. As for Leighton Meester, her portrayal of a psycho-stalker involves limp hair and a whole lot of stare-downs and side-eyes to Sara’s other friends. Talk about clingy.
Unfortunately, ‘The Roommate’ couldn’t get with the program of pushing the envelope on how to present a stalker. At least 1992’s ‘Single White Female’ could be considered more risqué than ‘The Roommate’ and showed how Jennifer Jason Leigh’s character could be so cunning and brutally insane. For most of The Roommate’s promos, it dubs itself as a modern-day ‘Single White Female’ but for all the homage it’s too subpar to even be considered a re-imagining. ‘The Roommate’ lacks the imagination to take it much further.
Leighton Meester could have pulled the psycho-stalker off if she had been given the right kind of material. She practically does it on TV’s ‘Gossip Girl’ in designer dresses, only with peppy restraint. Minka Kelly coasts along for her good looks. Why do people don’t understand that not all pretty people can be good actors?
‘The Roommate’ could have been a good exercise in warning its audience of the terrors of stalking and stalkers. They’re no laughing matter. With the onslaught of technology giving us front seats to other people’s lives, we are rather defenseless when these predators decide to strike. Stay safe.