Single White Female

Single White Female (1992)

  • 55% of critics liked it
    (38 reviews)

  • 49% of users liked it
    (38,090 ratings)

In this psychological thriller, a needy young woman finds fulfillment by trying to literally become her successful roommate. Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones (Bridget Fonda) has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend… More

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R, 1 hr. 43 min.
Directed By
Barbet Schroeder
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Drama
In Theaters
Aug 14, 1992 Wide
On DVD
Feb 24, 1998
Columbia Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    There's something dehumanizing about 90s horror thrillers that all but defeats the film's impulses toward seriousness; no matter how much the filmmakers work to make the characters real, the genre contrives to turn them into functions and props.

  • Todd McCarthy, Variety

    Despite excellent lead performances and numerous memorable scenes, this still feels like two different movies in one.

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    The film is smooth, entertaining and believably sophisticated. It has far more sound psychological underpinnings than other movies of its type.

  • 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.

  • Hal Hinson, Washington Post

    The tension between its content and its trashy form is precisely the key to its vitality. If it were any less cheap, it wouldn't have the same edgy, gut-twisting jolt.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bethany M


    Predictable, not that good acting, except for the physcopath. Quite creepy at times but nothing that you haven't seen before.

  • AJ V


    If I remember correctly this movie was thrilling, and I liked it. But I'd like to see it again, since I can't remember it that well.

  • Candy R


    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 friend and identity. Watch out for the killer heels!

  • Cassie H


    So so movie & I hate when animals die in movies.

  • Wahida K


    How do you lock the terror out... when you already invited it in?

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