THE ROOMMATE: LOVE HURTS... AS DOES MENTAL INSTABILITY

We have already seen this before, most closely resembling Single White Female, but this one is for the new, younger generation and it's nowhere near as good. Small-town girl Sara (Minka Kelly) is new to UCLA in Los Angeles. She is pretty and social and returns back to her dorm room only to meet Rebecca (Leighton Meester) while drunk and about to toss her cookies. Maybe if she stayed drunk, none of this would have happened. But, Rebecca integrates herself into Sara's life and pretty soon is lying and "fixing" things for her. [Note to self: turn off film when cute kitten or puppy is introduced.] The only highlight in this film for me was Billy Zane, Sara's smarmy professor. After all, how can one not think of fashion and Billy Zane, especially after Zoolander?! Even so, he wasn't enough to save this film. The acting was vacuous as were the female leads. You were given advance warning when most of the scary parts were coming and you could predict the others. This was maybe the worst film I've seen all year. Be sure to run right out and rent something else!