Genre: Mystery & Suspense, Horror
Synopsis: A psychological thriller about a deranged college freshman (Leighton Meester) who becomes obsessed with her new roommate (Minka Kelly)
A small-town girl comes to the fictional University of Los Angeles to pursue her dreams of being a fashion designer and encounters a roommate who is clingy to the point of psychotic. Starring Minka Kelly as that starry-eyed newcomer and Leighton Meester as her 1,000-yard-stare nemesis, "The Roommate" is a waste all around of young, attractive actresses, Los Angeles locations and the time of anyone unlucky enough to sit through it.
The Roommate seems to be this: Avoid the goons outside the Greek system. When Kelly first arrives at ULA, she’s eager to party at frat houses with her fun-loving, hard-drinking new friend Aly Michalka, and she finds a super-bland suitor in Cam Gigandet, the drummer for a band that doesn’t play much beyond house parties. By contrast, Meester is a brooding artist type who’s immediately tagged as a weirdo for digging abstract, contemporary art. Though Kelly doesn’t notice the warning signs, Meester scares off Kelly’s friends with creepy, obsessive behavior, warding off anyone who tries to come between her and her new best friend. By the time Kelly picks up on Meester’s intensity, it may be too late for Cuddles.
For much of "The Roommate's" early going any deficiencies in Meester's character are signaled largely by the fact that she has meekly limp hair, in counterpoint to Kelly's luxuriantly bouncy locks. Meester is the brassy, belligerent Blair Waldorf on TV's "Gossip Girl" and there she often seems to be performing in a slightly different register than the other actors, as if she alone is in on the joke. (There was also her scene-stealing sass and vinegar turn in the recent "Country Strong.")
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