The Roommate

This 2011 horror, thriller, drama was certainly a treat! I absolutely loved the classic 1992, ‘Single White Female’ and it was wonderful to see the changes and similarities in this modern day twist of a ‘looney’ roommate. Usually I don’t approve of filmmakers remaking classics, as I feel that if something is done right the first time, there’s no need to mess with it; however in this instance it showed other scenarios; the many ‘other’ scenarios that could happen in instances with crazy roommates.

Sonny Malhi and Nick Bylsma did a great job at adapting the original script of ‘Single White Female’ by John Lutz and Don Roos. It was surprisingly entertaining despite its PG13 rating and was filled with many elements of bolting gore as did the first film. Not by any chance did this film surpass the model of ‘Single White Female’; but certainly it was pleasantly predictable with all the right punch lines and jolting excitement! J

Leighton Meester stole the show; with a lovely spectrum of acting abilities and LA Native Minka Kelly whom got her ‘big break’ from ‘Friday Night Lights’ played the adorable ‘normal’ roommate well. Having ‘eye-candy’ Billy Zane whom you may remember from ‘Titanic’, ‘The Scorpion King’, and ‘Back to the Future’ added even more of the pleasure with his smooth operating role as ‘Professor Roberts’.

Typical Los Angeles, fashion designers, and the sweet, new roommate just goes to tell that ‘everything’s a show’, you never know a person, until you really get to know them! J