The Roommate

Movie: The Roommate

Cast:    Minka Kelly                (Sara Matthews)

Leighton Meester        (Rebecca)

            Alyson Michalka         (Tracy)

Genre: drama

Synopsis: Sara is just starting her freshman year in college.  Her roommate, Rebecca, seems at first to be very nice.  As time goes on, Rebecca becomes more and more possessive about Sara.  It soon becomes apparent that Rebecca is a full-on psycho who is not above killing for her roommate.

My two cents: Mostly a forgettable movie.  I found nothing to set this apart from other movies dealing with obsessive friends or roommates.  I did find Leighton Meester (Rebecca) to be interesting.  A couple of weeks ago I saw her playing the spunky up-and-coming singer in “Country Strong”.  I really liked her in both roles – and these roles are about as far apart as you can get.  I guess that’s why they call it acting.

Bottom line: wait for it to hit the small screen.

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