thrillers targeted at teens tend to be either really scary or really stupid. the roommate strikes a balance between the two extremes. while it's predictable, there are some genuine scares and enough unintentional laughs to make it worth watching. the movie follows sara, played by former friday night lights star minka kelly, as she navigates her freshman year at university of los angeles (the "we don't have to pay anyone anything" stand-in for ucla). everything seems great for sara - she's made some good friends (one of whom is former disney star aly michalka), she's moved on from her hometown boyfriend (with twilight and burlesque's cam gigandet) and she has a nice, if overprotective, roommate, rebecca. turns out that roommate, played by gossip girl star leighton meester, has a bit of the crazy in her. ok, a lot of the crazy in her. rebecca is literally off her meds and takes it upon herself to make sure no one does anything to ruin the bond she's forming with sara. naturally, she goes around ripping out some people's belly rings, creeping sara's friends out...oh, and she tries to kill a few people. just your normal college stuff, right? at just an hour and a half, it's the perfect length for a movie that requires little to no thought. while high schoolers will probably want to run screaming away from college after seeing the roommate, those of us who have experienced college life can relate to a lot of the movie. and be thankful that, though we sometimes might think our roommates are bitches, they aren't psychotic ones.
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