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The Roommate
When Sara, 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, 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.
2011 · Directed by Christian E. Christiansen · 91 min · Thriller · Drama · Horror · Screenplay in the scene database · 7 frames
Tagline
2,000 colleges. 8 million roommates. Which one will you get?
Plot
Sara Matthews is starting her freshman year of college in Los Angeles. She meets party girl Tracy, frat boy Stephen—her love interest—and Rebecca, her wealthy but shy college roommate who bears an uncanny resemblance to her. The girls begin to bond and Rebecca learns that Sara had an older sister, Emily, who died when Sara was nine, and an ex-boyfriend, Jason, who keeps calling her in attempts to reconcile.
Over time, Rebecca's obsession with Sara grows, which causes her to drive away anyone who could come between them. Claiming that she is a bad influence, Rebecca attacks Tracy in the shower, pins her down, rips out her belly button ring, and threatens to kill her unless she stays away from Sara. Tracy moves to another dorm, fearful of Rebecca. An old friend of Sara's named Irene invites Sara to move in with her when Sara's cat Cuddles is discovered by an RA. Rebecca kills Cuddles, lying to Sara that the cat ran away, inflicts injuries upon herself, and says she was assaulted by a thug.
Feeling sympathetic, Sara decides to spend Thanksgiving with Rebecca. When Sara's fashion design professor, Roberts, kisses her, Rebecca plans to get the professor out of the picture by seducing him while recording their dialogue on a tape recorder to make it sound like he was trying to rape her. During her Thanksgiving stay, Sara overhears a conversation between Rebecca and her father, hinting Rebecca has had trouble making friends in the past. After Rebecca's mother mentions that Rebecca is supposed to be taking medication, Sara and Stephen find a bottle of unused Zyprexa pills, used to treat schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
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Crew
- Written by: Sonny Mallhi
- Cinematography: Phil Parmet
- Edited by: Randy Bricker
- Music: John Frizzell
- Production design: Jon Gary Steele
- Produced by: Doug Davison, Roy Lee
Cast
- Leighton Meester as Rebecca Evans
- Minka Kelly as Sara Matthews
- Cam Gigandet as Stephen
- Aly Michalka as Tracy
- Danneel Ackles as Irene
- Frances Fisher as Rebecca's Mom
- Tomas Arana as Rebecca's Dad
- Billy Zane as Professor Roberts
- Nina Dobrev as Maria
- Matt Lanter as Jason
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Screen Gems, Vertigo Entertainment
- Budget: $16,000,000
- Box office: $52,545,707
- Themes: jealousy, obsession, roommates, campus, love, murder, freshman, los angeles, california, medication, boyfriend
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