While it follows a rather predictable Thriller storyline I found myself really enjoying this film towards the end, despite being quite slow throughout. It's a great idea for a film and both female leads pull off their roles very well, with Leighton Meester playing a very convincing psycho roommate in Rebecca. It's very intriguing and it makes you wonder how many people have had obsessive roommates in their college years! Overall definitely worth a look despite the critics slamming it.

It's basically exactly what you were expecting it to be. Not very well thought-out.

Worst movie of 2011? I say maybe! (Note: I have not seen Jack and Jill yet.)

The Roommate is a mixed bag, but since it didn't rely on exposition, and also allowed the plot to develop organically, I didn't have a bad time. Sure, it's not thrilling, surprising, full of suspense, or containing good acting performances, but it's a horror movie that doesn't feel like it has to explain everything to you, and that counts for something. Meester also gives a chilling and creepy performance, and in the end, it's not a boring film -- it's just not a terribly original or scary one.

it's only getting a score this high because the acting isn't unbearable, and the two leads are smoking hot.

Another film for philistines, The Roommate is an asinine rendition of Single White Female-level cliches of psycho friend "horror" whose banality and dopiness constitutes an assault on film culture that's formed out of filmmakers like Christian E. Christiansen pandering to the lowest common denominator. Cinematic portrayals of psychopathy have rarely been so inane but never has stupidity and superficiality been so broadly held up as virtuous -- not even by Cameron Crowe!

"The Roommate is Single White Female for the CW set, but even more so, it's a naked depiction of beauty as the key to attaining everything, and thus something to be coveted with murderous tenacity." - Nick Schager

Lazy ripoff of other, better movies.

If someone asks you to go to Hollywood and direct a crappy horror movie: Just don't do it.

This flick fails on many levels. Why didn't Meester and Kelly have steaming hot lesbian scenes throughout? Le sigh.

Boring. Also the "bad" character is more likeable then the "good" ones.

#11#, popcorn, story, Leighton M, (Minka K)

Sloooow. Being never remotely scary, surprising nor original, this must be considered a failed attempt to make a psychological teen thriller. In a way Christiansen's film plays like a really accomplished amateur production. Not unlike with the helplessly disturbed girl (quite well-played by Meester), you feel a bit sorry for him in all his mediocrity, also because the script is largely to blame. Far from mediocre, however, are Minka Kelly's looks. She alone makes the flick very watchable indeed.

Positive: I liked how Leighton Meester played the Rebecca character, and there were a few high points (Cam Gigandet's "I thought she was just weird" line, and "The Punch"). But the majority of this flick is uninspired. It's painfully by-the-numbers and doesn't really try anything new of significance. I'm usually easy on this genre, but... ya gotta try harder than this. I also hate on flicks that portray College the way this one does. It's such a cop-out. Also, psychotic behavior =/= superpowers.

There are some unforgivable moments when a normal girl has superpowers, and it's almost completely by the books. At the same time, sometimes it's pretty inspired (mostly when it just sticks to making her creepy). I guess ultimately, even though I feel that they did a decent enough job making her creepy, I can't give this a recommendation based on the fact it makes you feel "meh." It doesn't thrill because it's predictable, it doesn't make you feel and it's mostly generic (few scenes excluded).

Watched for the eventual and disappointing cat fight.

Not so good

Needed some hot chick nudity because this sucks.

Devoid of chills, thrills, or even cheap titillation, The Roommate isn't even bad enough to be good.