The Roommate

PG-13

Released Feb 4, 2011

1 hr. 33 min.

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

List

3%

89 Reviews

Tomatometer

27%

25,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

When Sara (Minka Kelly), a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca (Leighton Meester), is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two become close, but when Sara begins to branch out and make more friends on campus, Rebecca becomes resentful. Alarmed, Sara moves in with her new boyfriend, causing Rebecca's behavior to take a violent turn.

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Critics Consensus

Devoid of chills, thrills, or even cheap titillation, The Roommate isn't even bad enough to be good.

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Wolfgang G

The Roommate ist ein Psychothriller des Regisseurs Christian E. Christiansen… Die niedliche Sara beginnt ihr erstes Semester an der Uni voller Vorfreude. Alles entwickelt sich bestens, ihre neue Mitbewohnerin Rebecca wird schnell zu ihrer besten Freundin… Das Drehbuch gleicht einem durchschnittlichen, spannungsgeladenen Nervenkitzel… ja ein langatmiger und vorhersehbarer Psychothriller ohne Schrecken… Kurz gesagt, drei Sterne…

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/25/23

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Luis Otavio F

This is anything but cool.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/06/22

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Minh N

It was perfect, for me. Rebecca's condition is not bipolar, it's borderline pd.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/15/22

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rosalie w

Proof that Minka Kelly isn't known for anything other than botox and fucking any A-lister she can sink her claws into (married or not). This project shows that 1. Yes, you can get acting jobs if you lay on your back and open your legs but 2. No, not good ones because being a famewhore can only take you so far. If you want to be known for anything other than who you fuck than you need to actually have at least a modicum of talent. Something Minks show's time and time again she lacks. Thank god for botox, nose jobs, and breast implants, right minks?

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

This movie isn't even bad enough to be good. It is really just a far below par thriller desperately wishes it were different. Meester's performance has the feeling of a sports car in neutral.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

"Murder can really ruin a friendship" While the movie doesn't have a high enough chill or thrill factor it's still got an alright plot, could be more creepy. Leighton Meester was great, loved seeing her in a different role than Blaire from Gossip Girl.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Christian E. Christiansen

Director

Leighton Meester

Rebecca

Minka Kelly

Sara Matthews

Cam Gigandet

Stephen

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Philip French

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Christiansen's witless, badly acted thriller is a throwback to the early 1990s.

Apr 10, 2011

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Robbie Collin

News of the World

Bunk.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 9, 2011

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

A disaster from start to finish.

Rated: 1/5

Apr 8, 2011

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Trace Thurman

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It's just so damn boring.

Rated: 2/5

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Joe Lipsett

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A disappointing re-tread of Single White Female that pulls its narrative punches and wastes its talented "teen" cast. Leighton Meester deserved better; let her cut loose!

Rated: 2/5

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Brian Eggert

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The movie was made for tame crowds out for safe chills and a predictable outcome, and that level of banality is exactly what’s delivered.

Rated: 1/4

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Synopsis

When Sara (Minka Kelly), a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca (Leighton Meester), is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two become close, but when Sara begins to branch out and make more friends on campus, Rebecca becomes resentful. Alarmed, Sara moves in with her new boyfriend, causing Rebecca's behavior to take a violent turn.

Director: Christian E. Christiansen
Executive Producer: Beau Marks, Sonny Mallhi
Screenwriter: Sonny Mallhi
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Vertigo
Rating: PG-13 (Some Language|Sexual Content|Teen Partying|Violence and Menace)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 4, 2011, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $37.3M
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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