The Roommate

This flick fails on many levels. Why didn't Meester and Kelly have steaming hot lesbian scenes throughout? Le sigh.

The Roommate is not nearly as bad as it's just forgettable. The biggest (and very glaring) issue is that acting is at it's best sub par, and at it's worst…terrible. It doesn't really help sell this premise and the moments of "tension" are just flat. I was never expecting this film to be scary, but ultimately it's like running through the motions of so many movies that do this premise better. It's pretty easy to see why this isn't remember by pretty much anyone.

Don't bother watching

The movie was awful but the girls were hot.

The Roommate is a mixed bag, but since it didn't rely on exposition, and also allowed the plot to develop organically, I didn't have a bad time. Sure, it's not thrilling, surprising, full of suspense, or containing good acting performances, but it's a horror movie that doesn't feel like it has to explain everything to you, and that counts for something. Meester also gives a chilling and creepy performance, and in the end, it's not a boring film -- it's just not a terribly original or scary one.

"The Roommate is Single White Female for the CW set, but even more so, it's a naked depiction of beauty as the key to attaining everything, and thus something to be coveted with murderous tenacity." - Nick Schager

Not so good

Needed some hot chick nudity because this sucks.

Sloooow. Being never remotely scary, surprising nor original, this must be considered a failed attempt to make a psychological teen thriller. In a way Christiansen's film plays like a really accomplished amateur production. Not unlike with the helplessly disturbed girl (quite well-played by Meester), you feel a bit sorry for him in all his mediocrity, also because the script is largely to blame. Far from mediocre, however, are Minka Kelly's looks. She alone makes the flick very watchable indeed.

Positive: I liked how Leighton Meester played the Rebecca character, and there were a few high points (Cam Gigandet's "I thought she was just weird" line, and "The Punch"). But the majority of this flick is uninspired. It's painfully by-the-numbers and doesn't really try anything new of significance. I'm usually easy on this genre, but... ya gotta try harder than this. I also hate on flicks that portray College the way this one does. It's such a cop-out. Also, psychotic behavior =/= superpowers.

The director's name said everything I needed to know about the extent of this film. I'm not even sure that makes sense.

The target audience here is for children below 3 years old because I don't believe anyone above 3 would be frightened by Beca. Sorry, I mean Rebecca.

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The final brawl would have been a lot better with some Wesson oil or a mud pit.

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Lazy ripoff of other, better movies.

Worst movie of 2011? I say maybe! (Note: I have not seen Jack and Jill yet.)

It's only getting a score this high because the acting isn't unbearable, and the two leads are smoking hot.

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

Watched for the eventual and disappointing cat fight.

#11#, popcorn, story, Leighton M, Minka K.

Boring. Also the "bad" character is more likeable then the "good" ones.

If someone asks you to go to Hollywood and direct a crappy horror movie: Just don't do it.

There are some unforgivable moments when a normal girl has superpowers, and it's almost completely by the books. At the same time, sometimes it's pretty inspired (mostly when it just sticks to making her creepy). I guess ultimately, even though I feel that they did a decent enough job making her creepy, I can't give this a recommendation based on the fact it makes you feel "meh." It doesn't thrill because it's predictable, it doesn't make you feel and it's mostly generic (few scenes excluded).