The Roommate movie trailer

Here’s what you need to know about The Roommate: It’s Single White Female in a dorm room. All of the “obsessive female friendship” elements are in place: The two women (played by Minka Kelly and Leighton Meester) share a resemblance, one of them has lost a sister to whom she was very close (Kelly’s character, Sara, in this instance) and Rebecca, the one who becomes obsessed, is not taking her medication. (She is, of course, bipolar and schizophrenic.)So often films about crazy, stalker-like female friendships hint at lesbianism; an “I love you and if I can’t have you, no one can” enthusiasm that at least one character will notice. In The Roommate, it’s Sara’s boyfriend, Stephen, who asks Sara if perhaps Rebecca likes her a little bit too much. This is after Rebecca has confronted Sara in the hallway about why she was out so late (while Sara was kissing Stephen goodbye), and Rebecca had threatened another girl in the dorm, telling her that she would kill her if she didn’t stay away from her roommate.