Single White Female

Living with a roommate can be murder.

6.3
19921h 47m

Production

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Having recently split from her fiancé, Allison Jones welcomes new roommate Hedra Carlson. The young women quickly form a bond, but soon Allison begins to notice not all’s well with her new tenant.

Trailers & Videos

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Official Trailer

Thumbnail for video: Single White Female (1992) - Bonus Clip: Barbet Schroeder Discusses The Look Of The Film (HD)

Single White Female (1992) - Bonus Clip: Barbet Schroeder Discusses The Look Of The Film (HD)

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Single White Female (1992) - Bonus Clip: Steven Weber Discusses Playing Sam (HD)

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Single White Female (1992) - Clip: Surprise Twins (HD)

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Single White Female (1992) - Clip: Unwanted Buddy (HD)

Cast

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Bridget Fonda

Allison 'Allie' Jones

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Jennifer Jason Leigh

Hedra 'Hedy' Carlson

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Steven Weber

Sam Rawson

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Peter Friedman

Graham Knox

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Stephen Tobolowsky

Mitch Myerson

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Frances Bay

Elderly Neighbor

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Tara Karsian

Mannish Applicant

Photo of Jessica Lundy

Jessica Lundy

Talkative Applicant

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Renée Estevez

Perfect Applicant

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Amelia Campbell

Check Cashier

Photo of Eric Poppick

Eric Poppick

Nosy Neighbor

Photo of Kim Sykes

Kim Sykes

TV Reporter

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Rob Steinberg

Hedy's Date

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Reviews

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Wuchak

6/10

**_Roommate from Hell_**

An engaged designer (Bridget Fonda) living in an aging Gothic apartment in Manhattan dumps her boyfriend (Steven Weber) and advertises for a roommate. She ends up with a friendly identical twin that lost her sister when she was a girl (Jennifer Jason Leigh). A quality friendship develops until dubious things start happening.

"Single White Female" (1992) mixes elements of “Fatal Attraction” (1987) with the setting of “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968). It’s not great like the former, but it’s on par with the latter and arguably superior. The film possesses a haunting ambiance, which is assisted by the venue, but this same attribute eventually hinders the movie by making it one-dimensional. “Rosemary’s Baby” had the same problem.

The fact that the two stars regularly appear in various stages of undress is titillating, yet it can’t make up for the one-note tone and locale. Still, the movie’s entertaining enough and I would’ve given it a better grade, but the third act is overlong and curiously tedious despite the slasher thrills.

The film runs 1 hour, 47 minutes and was shot at Ansonia Hotel, Manhattan, and Raleigh Studios, Hollywood.

GRADE: B-

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