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The Roommate

  • 2011
  • PG-13
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
43K
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Leighton Meester in The Roommate (2011)
College student Sara finds her safety jeopardized after she's assigned to a dorm room with a new roommate, Rebecca.
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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.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.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.

  • Director
    • Christian E. Christiansen
  • Writer
    • Sonny Mallhi
  • Stars
    • Minka Kelly
    • Leighton Meester
    • Cam Gigandet
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.8/10
    43K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,935
    796
    • Director
      • Christian E. Christiansen
    • Writer
      • Sonny Mallhi
    • Stars
      • Minka Kelly
      • Leighton Meester
      • Cam Gigandet
    • 185User reviews
    • 136Critic reviews
    • 23Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 7 nominations total

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    The Roommate: Stack Stalk
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    The Roommate: Stack Stalk
    The Roommate: Just Doing My Job
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    The Roommate: Just Doing My Job
    The Roommate: Where Have You Been?
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    The Roommate: Where Have You Been?
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    Minka Kelly
    Minka Kelly
    • Sara Matthews
    Leighton Meester
    Leighton Meester
    • Rebecca
    Cam Gigandet
    Cam Gigandet
    • Stephen
    Aly Michalka
    Aly Michalka
    • Tracy
    Danneel Ackles
    Danneel Ackles
    • Irene
    • (as Danneel Harris)
    Frances Fisher
    Frances Fisher
    • Rebecca's Mom
    Tomas Arana
    Tomas Arana
    • Rebecca's Dad
    Billy Zane
    Billy Zane
    • Professor Roberts
    Nina Dobrev
    Nina Dobrev
    • Maria
    Matt Lanter
    Matt Lanter
    • Jason
    Kat Graham
    Kat Graham
    • Kim
    • (as Katerina Graham)
    Johannes Raassina
    Johannes Raassina
    • Band Member
    Cameron Fisher Brousseau
    • Band Member
    Evan Michael Brown
    Evan Michael Brown
    • Band Member
    Alex Meraz
    Alex Meraz
    • Frat Boy
    Jerrika Hinton
    Jerrika Hinton
    • Girl Student
    Jennifer Cadena
    Jennifer Cadena
    • Dorm R.A.
    Adam Saunders
    Adam Saunders
    • Handsome Guy
    • Director
      • Christian E. Christiansen
    • Writer
      • Sonny Mallhi
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Leighton Meester was originally cast as Sara but then opted to take the role of Rebecca instead.
    • Goofs
      When Rebecca takes a picture of her and Sara in front of the wall of graffiti, the camera screen shows just their heads. When Rebecca looks at the picture, it shows the top half of them and it is from a top angle instead of down below.
    • Quotes

      Rebecca Evans: You're all mine.

    • Connections
      Edited into The Roommate: Deleted & Alternate Scenes (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Fader
      Written by Abby Mandagi and Lorenzo Sillitto

      Performed by The Temper Trap

      Courtesy of Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC and Columbia Records

      By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

    User reviews185

    Featured review
    6/10

    A college girl version of "Single White Female". Not nearly as good or creepy, but it may be that I'm too old. I say B-

    How bad was your college roommate? After Sara (Kelly) meets her new college roommate Rebecca (Meester) she thinks she has found a new friend. When Sara starts to do things without Rebecca strange things begin to happen. Let me first start by saying that this is not a bad movie, but it is definitely geared toward a specific age group, and it's not mine. For the 19-20 year olds this will be very creepy. For the older crowd this is a definite remake of "Single White Female", but in my opinion not as good. For those who have not seen that movie this will be very creepy. For those that have seen that movie you will notice the very similar scenes and ideas. Again this is actually not a bad movie, but if I was 10 years younger and a girl this would really scare me. If you are older like me and want to be creeped out by a movie like this one, I'd stick with the original "Single White Female". I will say the Leighton Meester, in a departure from her usual roles, did a really great job of playing a creepy stalker. I just could not really get in to this movie. I give it a B-.

    Would I watch again? - I don't think I would, but it made me want to watch "Single White Female" again.

    *Also Try - Kalamity & Single White Female
    • cosmo_tiger
    • May 15, 2011
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 4, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Peligrosa compañía
    • Filming locations
      • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Screen Gems
      • Vertigo Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $16,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $37,300,000
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $15,002,635
      • Feb 6, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $40,492,652
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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