The Roommate

2011 | 93 minutes | Rated PG-13

This rehash of Barbet Schroeder's crazy-roommate thriller Single White Female (1992) tries for Schroeder's high style and knowing kitsch, along with some pseudo-Hitchcockian suspense and Hollywood hottie titillation, but fails completely. Minka Kelly plays a sunnily optimistic Iowa schoolgirl who arrives at "Los Angeles University," where the dorm rooms are vast, luxurious, and nearly empty of books and the campus's "star professor" (Billy Zane) teaches a course in fashion. Unfortunately her psycho roommate (Leighton Meester of the TV series Gossip Girl) takes one look at her and wants to assault anyone who gets near her, including her kitten. Christian E. Christiansen directed this stinker, which lacks even unintentional humor. By Michael Wilmington

Official Site: www.theroommate-movie.com
Director: Christian Christiansen
Producer: Doug Davison, Roy Lee, Beau Marks and Sonny Mallhi
Cast: Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Cam Gigandet, Aly Michalka, Danneel Harris, Frances Fisher, Tomas Arana, Billy Zane, Nina Dobrev, Matt Lanter and Katerina Graham