The Roommate (2011/I)

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Director:

Christian E. Christiansen

Writer (WGA):

Sonny Mallhi (written by)

Release Date:

31 March 2011 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

2,000 colleges. 8 million roommates. Which one will you get?

Plot:

When college freshman Sara arrives on campus for the first time, she befriends her roommate, Rebecca, unaware that the girl is becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Plot Keywords:

College | Freshman | Roommate | Bound And Gagged | Dead Cat

Awards:

7 nominations

Cast

Leighton Meester	...	Rebecca
Minka Kelly	...	Sara Matthews
Cam Gigandet	...	Stephen
Aly Michalka	...	Tracy
Danneel Ackles	...	Irene (as Danneel Harris)
Frances Fisher	...	Rebecca's Mom
Tomas Arana	...	Rebecca's Dad
Billy Zane	...	Professor Roberts
Nina Dobrev	...	Maria
Matt Lanter	...	Jason
Kat Graham	...	Kim (as Katerina Graham)
Johannes Raassina	...	Band Member
Cameron Fisher Brousseau	...	Band Member
Evan Michael Brown	...	Band Member
Alex Meraz	...	Frat Boy
Jerrika Hinton	...	Girl Student
Jennifer Cadena	...	Dorm R.A.
Adam Saunders	...	Handsome Guy
Cory Tucker	...	Club Bartender
Will McFadden	...	Club Guy
Munda Razooki	...	Club Guy
Ryan Doom	...	Rick
Carrie Finklea	...	Bookstore Girl
Andrej Nagy	...	Older Designer
Ashleigh Falls	...	Make-Up Girl
Jacqueline Mazarella	...	Woman Professor
Nathan Parsons	...	Coffee Shop Cashier
Elena Franklin	...	Maria's Girlfriend
Lauren Storm	...	Maria's Girlfriend
Stacy Barnhisel	...	Librarian
Cherilyn Wilson	...	Frat Party Girl
A.J. Hunt	...	Tattoo Artist
G.O. Parsons	...	Mocha Kid
Brian David Miller	...	Frat Bouncer
Jake Perry	...	Slacker Co-Worker
Cayla Korven	...	Tracy's Friend
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lauren Alfano	...	Samantha Tangent (uncredited)
Jenna Bryant	...	Jen (uncredited)
Nick Bylsma	...	Hunter (uncredited)
Brittani Cox	...	Club Goer 2 (uncredited)
Julian Graham	...	Video Game Playing Frat Guy (uncredited)
Cameron Lee	...	Frat Guy (uncredited)
Todd Merz	...	Frat Guy (uncredited)
Shirley Norris	...	Kate (uncredited)
Sarah Ospina	...	Club Patron (uncredited)
Heather Rose	...	Club Goer (uncredited)

Directed by
Christian E. Christiansen

Writing credits (WGA)
Sonny Mallhi		(written by)

Produced by
Doug Davison	....	producer
George Flynn	....	associate producer
Roy Lee	....	producer
Sonny Mallhi	....	executive producer
Beau Marks	....	executive producer
Irene Yeung	....	associate producer

Original Music by
John Frizzell

Cinematography by
Phil Parmet		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Randy Bricker

Casting by
Lindsey Hayes Kroeger

Production Design by
Jon Gary Steele

Art Direction by
Chris Cornwell

Costume Design by
Maya Lieberman

Makeup Department
Fionagh Cush	....	makeup department head
André Dubois	....	key hair stylist (as André Debois)
Erin Harding	....	makeup artist
Solina Tabrizi	....	hair stylist
Phyllis Temple	....	key makeup artist
Larry Waggoner	....	hair department head

Production Management
Valerie Bleth Sharp	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Audrey Clark	....	second second assistant director
Lance Gilbert	....	second unit director
Heather Grierson	....	second assistant director
Sandeep Josan	....	associate director
Mark Anthony Little	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Doug Anderson	....	plasterer
Bart Barbuscia	....	set dresser
Jonathan Bobbitt	....	leadman
Randy L. Childs	....	general foreman
Susan Chooljian	....	buyer
David Corral	....	greensman
Chad B. Daring	....	on-set dresser
Jay Dupuy	....	plaster department head
Lindsay Forrest	....	assistant property master (as Lindsay Tomlinson)
Neil Garland	....	propmaker gangboss
David Goldstein	....	lead painter
Regina Henderson	....	drapery forman
Karen Higgins	....	construction coordinator
Steven Kissick	....	general forman
Carolyn Lassek	....	assistant property master
Shea Marcus	....	art department assistant
Barbara Mesney	....	set designer
Candice Muriedas	....	art department coordinator
Aimee O'Shea	....	props
Paris P. Pickard	....	art assistant
Andrea Rennard	....	art
Trey Shaffer	....	graphic designer
Hans Soto	....	greensmen
Gary Damian Thomas	....	storyboard artist (as Gary Thomas)
Brian Tipton	....	shop foreman
Tommy Tomlinson	....	property master
Jason Vanover	....	key greensman
David Venezky	....	second buyer

Sound Department
Chris Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Anthony J. Ciccolini III	....	supervising sound editor
Rickley W. Dumm	....	sound effects editor
Richard Bryce Goodman	....	sound mixer
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist
Andy Koyama	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sarah Monat	....	foley artist
Lynn Sable	....	assistant sound editor
Randolph Saucedo	....	sound recordist
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer
Cary Weitz	....	boom operator
David Williams	....	adr editor
David Williams	....	dialogue editor
Roy Machado	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Fred Peck III	....	re-recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Richard Schwalm	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Dave Isaac Santos Abuel	....	digital compositor
Suzette Barnett	....	digital artist
Raoul Bolognini	....	visual effects producer
Joey Bonander	....	visual effects coordinator
Kristen Branan	....	head of production: Zoic Studios
Matthew G. Donnan	....	visual effects artist
Ristra Fajarwaty	....	digital compositor
Jesse Morrow	....	visual effects artist
Rocco Passionino	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Casey Adams	....	stunts
Stacey Carino	....	stunt double: Leighton Meester
Shauna Duggins	....	stunt double
Lance Gilbert	....	stunt coordinator
Kanin Howell	....	stunt double: Cam Gigandet
Kris A. Jeffrey	....	stunts
Tracy Kay	....	stunt actor
Diana R. Lupo	....	stunt double
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunt double
Tracey Ruggiero	....	stunt double: Minka Kelly

Camera and Electrical Department
Mark Bain	....	additional digital loader
Dana Baker	....	best boy grip
Brandon Cox	....	camera operator: "c" camera
Daniel Enneking	....	dimmer board operator
Adam W. Erler	....	grip
Eric Felland	....	set lighting technician
Jon Haney	....	gaffer
Rick Harris	....	key rigging grip
Eric Leach	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Eric Leach	....	director of photography: second unit
Jonathan Leary	....	grip
Joshua Lewin	....	camera assistant
BJ McDonnell	....	camera operator: "a" camera
BJ McDonnell	....	steadicam operator
Nathaniel Miller	....	digital imaging technician
Ronald A. Miller	....	rigging grip foreman
Rory Muirhead	....	assistant camera
David H. Neale	....	rigging electric best boy
Yen P. Nguyen	....	second assistant camera
Vince Palomino	....	key grip
Joel Perkal	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Ryan Polack	....	digital loader
Elliott Schackne	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera
Donald A. Spadoni	....	best boy rigging grip
Robert Sterry	....	digital video assist operator
Michael Strong	....	rigging grip
Jaimie Trueblood	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Annie Muñoz	....	extras casting
Julie Swistak	....	casting associate
Karen Wood	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Romy Devack	....	costume assistant
Kristin Einarsson	....	costumer
Heidi Higginbotham	....	costume supervisor
Courtney Hoffman	....	additional set costumer
Kimberly Johnson	....	costumer
Lindsey Kear	....	wardrobe production assistant
Molly McConnaughy	....	costume shopper
Amanda McLaughlin	....	set costumer
Claire Schmitz	....	set costumer
Melanie Shepherd	....	set costumer
Zhanna Tataryan	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
Tricia Chiarenza	....	color timer
Trent Johnson	....	digital film colorist
Bart Rachmil	....	first assistant editor
Lorena Talpan	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Jim Black	....	music clearance
Michael Friedman	....	music supervisor
Peter Fuchs	....	scoring mixer
Eric Gordon	....	assistant music editor
Kier Lehman	....	music department
Vladimir Martinka	....	music librarian
Haim Mazar	....	orchestrator
Haim Mazar	....	score co-producer
Thomas Parisch	....	orchestrator
Brian Richards	....	music editor
Martin Roller	....	assistant scoring engineer
Frederik Wiedmann	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Neil Chisholm	....	production van driver
Jayson Ehlers	....	transportation captain
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Chris Haynes	....	driver
Yvette Peterson	....	driver
John Siedenburg	....	transportation

Other crew
Adam Bayless	....	assistant production coordinator
Kandice Billingsley	....	assistant location manager
Billy Bonifield	....	production coordinator
Colin Borden	....	production assistant
Linda Brown	....	unit publicist
Katie Cavanagh	....	accounting clerk
Cristina Christian	....	first assistant accountant
Deborah Chung	....	production assistant
Douglas Dresser	....	supervising location manager
Mary Fox	....	production accountant
Steve Gehrke	....	script supervisor
John Graham	....	studio executive
Mark Hochman	....	computer graphics / 24 frame HD playback
Lynn Johnson	....	set medic
Simeon Jones	....	production assistant
S. Dylan Kirkland	....	key assistant location manager
Jamie Lieberman	....	assistant: Glenn S. Gainor
Todd Manes	....	additional set production assistant
Debbie Merritt	....	assistant: Mr. Marks
David Midgen	....	titles producer
Eric Mills	....	assistant location manager
Carly Norris	....	assistant: Mr. Davison & Mr. Lee
Brian M. O'Neill	....	location manager
Kyle Oliver	....	key assistant location manager
Felisha N. Grice Pedersen	....	set production assistant (as Felisha N. Grice)
Matthew Rockel	....	production assistant
Elyse Rosenfield	....	assistant: Mr. Christiansen (as Elyse Punia)
Karen Scarborough	....	payroll accountant
M. Ryan Traylor	....	production assistant
Derek Wade	....	production secretary
Kate Royce Walters	....	first assistant accountant
James Warden	....	production assistant
Chad Witt	....	set production assistant
Ashley Cozine	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Screen Gems (presents)
• Vertigo Entertainment

Distributors

• InterComFilm (2011) (Romania) (theatrical)
• Screen Gems (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing Canada (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• FX Network (2013) (USA) (TV)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• ProSieben Television (2013) (Germany) (TV)
• RTL Entertainment (2013) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2011) (Japan) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (Greece) (DVD) (blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2011) (Argentina) (all media)

Special Effects

• Zoic Studios (visual effects)

Other Companies

• BT Industrial Supply  expendables
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Film Art  artwork
• Hula Post  editing systems
• Klass Security and Investigations  anti-piracy security
• Madison Gate Records  soundtrack
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  hair and make-up trailers
• Picture Mill, The  main titles
• Reel Security  production security
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  junxion box rentals
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Sony ColorWorks  digital intermediate

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Finland:K-16/13 (2012 reform re-rating) | Finland:K-15/13 (original rating) | Germany:16 | Ireland:15A | Malaysia:18 | Netherlands:12 | Peru:14 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #45420)

Filming Locations:

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, USA

Company:

Screen Gems

Trivia:

It takes Sara one hour into the film to realize that Rebecca is psychotic.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Stephen taps Sara on the shoulder, startling her, she gets up and hugs him, placing her head on his right shoulder. However, in the next shot, she is still hugging him, but her head is resting on his left shoulder.

Quotes:

Rebecca Evans:You're all mine.

Movie Connections:

References The Shining (1980)

Soundtrack:

Modern Eyes

This 'Roommate' Needs to be Evicted

I liked this movie a whole lot better when it was called "Single White Female" starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh -- however I understand where the creators of this movie wanted to make a slightly-less intense version for the kiddies out there.

This movie is humiliatingly bad, though. Sara Matthews (Kelly) gets to college, sets up her stuff and then one of her friends, Tracy (Michalka) steals her away to go to a party. Once there, she runs into Stephen (Gigandet) and instantly starts to fall for him. The next morning, Sara meets her new roommate, Rebecca (Meester).

The fixation starts innocently enough and of course, Sara is oblivious to all of it because that's what these kind of movies need: incredibly stupid characters. This movie was actually a hit in the theaters when it came out (yeah, I know $40 million isn't much but it only had a budget of $16 million) and for the life of me, I can't figure out why. I suppose most of the audience was teenagers (12-16) because a lot of the older kids would have laughed at just how silly the 'climax' of this movie came about. Not to mention that everything was given away by the trailer -- the movie's biggest secret actually appeared in the movie's trailer -- a line spoken by Rebecca's mom (Fisher) and an ending that's so anti-climactic and just plain ridiculous you will actually cringe and maybe even yell at your TV.

Maybe I'm missing the point, maybe this movie is supposed to scare our kids and teach them about strangers? That's an extreme reach, I know... but I'm lost here as to how this movie even got past the design stage. And don't blame the actors, in the end I know it's all about exposure and a paycheck for them -- hell, I'd act in the lowest budget movie ever just to get my name out there and they did a good job with what they had to work with. Nope, this one lies strictly on the screenwriter (a first timer, Sonny Mallhi). He's done some executive producing (whatever that is) on more intense thrillers (The Strangers, Shutter), so my guess is that he was only in it for a paycheck and fame, as well. I guess the last laugh is at our expense. See more reviews at www.soveryterry.com Final Grade: D-