Single White Female

Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stephen Tobolowsky

When a 'Single White Female' places an ad in the press for a similar woman to rent a room (to replace the boyfriend she's just left), all the applicants seem weird. Then along comes a level headed wom...( read more  read more... )an who seems to be just right. The new lodger has a secret past which haunts her.

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R, 1 hr. 47 min.

Directed by: Barbet Schroeder

Released: August 14, 1992

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DVD Released: February 24, 1998

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  • May 4, 2009
    Assuming this to be a cheesy 80?s film worked to it?s advantage for me, as it was a much more serious and suspenseful film than I set to give it credit for.

    Despite the well know storyline of this film, it entertained from start to finish and brought excitement right up to the... ...( read more )
  • December 21, 2008
    Hedra Carlson: "You know, identical twins are never really identical. There's always one whose prettier... and the one whose not, does all the work... She used me, then she left me - just like you."


    Software designer Allison Jones kicks out her live-in boyfriend Sam Rawson a... ...( read more )
  • October 20, 2008
    Excellent thriller. Great cast and plot. A single girl places an ad in a newspaper for a lodger. The new lodger has a troubled past and looks for a new identity. Watch out for the killer heels!
  • May 30, 2008
    "You know, identical twins are never really identical. There is always one that is prettier, and the other one does all the work."


    Single White Female is a typical slasher flick that initially masquerades as a typical by-the-numbers affair in the genre of dram...

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  • December 9, 2007
    This is camp to the extreme, but it's highly watchable camp; a selective taste if ever there was one. There are some parts of Single White Female with surprising punch, such as the excellent acting by a pair of roommates at war, but ultimately it's just a strongly-performed slash... ...( read more )
  • June 20, 2009
    An thrilling movie about a girl who seeks a roommate. She finds a roommate and the roommate turns out to be a psychopat with very big issues. A very thrilling movie.

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May 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Schroeder goes through the motions -- the movie is elegantly made -- but this synthetic Hollywood package panders shamelessly to the baser instincts. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

This is a story which, in other hands, could have simply been an all-female slasher movie, but Barbet Schroeder, who produced and directed it, has a mordant humor that pushes the material over the top... full review

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