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Single White Female

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Having recently split from fiancé Sam Rawson (Steven Weber), Allison Jones (Bridget Fonda) welcomes new roommate Hedra Carlson (Jennifer Jason Leigh). The young women quickly form a bond, but as Allison starts to rethink her engagement, Hedra grows jealous and hostile. As Allison learns new details about her roommate's life, Hedra gets violent in her efforts to get Sam out of the picture. With Hedra turning more menacing by the minute, Allison finally understands what she's up against.

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Critics Consensus

Single White Female benefits from a pair of outstanding leads, neither of whom are well served by a storyline that wavers between thrillingly tense and utterly ridiculous.

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David Ansen Newsweek 02/09/2018
The formula betrays the fine work of Leigh and Fonda, whose characters are much too interesting to find themselves stranded in a tony but ultimately tired slasher movie. Go to Full Review
Matt Mueller Empire Magazine 04/14/2008
3/5
What Schroeder lacks in character development, he more than makes up for in mood and atmosphere, honing the creepy grandeur of the ominous, shadowy Manhattan apartment building with all the pinpoint perfection. Go to Full Review
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 04/14/2008
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. Go to Full Review
Trace Thurman Horror Queers Podcast 12/30/2020
2.5/5
Doesn't hold up as well as you'd expect, and the strong performances from Leigh and Fonda can't overcome a weak screenplay. Go to Full Review
Barbara Shulgasser Common Sense Media 01/09/2020
2/5
Intense, sexual, violent tale of worst roommate ever. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 12/21/2018
2/4
Ultimately goes easy on the psychological character studies and heavy on the slasher-film stylistics. Go to Full Review
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Armando B @Knightowl_1991 6d This was a very sexy movie, literally. There was a lot of nudity that shocked me given the fact this was Henry Fonda granddaughter. It was very immature, lacking real substance in the plot. All the killing was just dumb in way. An okay movie to see once. As that being said I give " Single White Female " a D. See more mohammed M. @9mr_0 Feb 25 الفلم جيد. الفيلم يعتمد على فكرة قوية نفسيًا، لكن معالجته سطحية مقارنة بعمق الفكرة نفسها. تنفيذه أبسط من اللي المفروض يكون. بالبداية يبني توتر حلو ويخليك تترقب، لكن بدل ما يغوص فعليًا بالجانب النفسي، يختصر الطريق ويمشي على تصعيد مباشر وسهل وهل شيء كان عكس المتوقع لكن حتى هذا التحول لم يكن سيء و لم يكن ممتاز كان مقبول. الإخراج سرد القصة بشكل جيد و كان يركز على خلق جو خنق وعزلة داخل الشقة، و عرف كيف يستغل المساحة الضيقة لصناعة توتر بصري مقبول. الأداء التمثيلي جيد، خصوصًا في تجسيد التحول النفسي التدريجي لإحدى الشخصيات، بينما بقية الشخصيات كان ادائهم عادي لم يستغلهم المخرج للاضافة عمق للاحداث او القصة حتى في نهاية الفلم احد الشخصيات كان له دور لكن مباشرةً حد المخرج من دوره ليجعل الصراع فقط بين الشخصيتين ‏الرئيسيتين فقط. التصوير كان جيد و الكامرة كانت حركتها سلسه و الاضائه و الالوان كان مناسبين لجو الفلم . الموسيقى مقبوله و تخدم احداث القصة. بختصار فلم بفكره جيدة لكن حواراتها عادية عرف المخرج كيف يخلق جو من التوتر يناسب اجواء الفلم لكن فشل في الحفاظ علية. See more Mike P @RT09890132 Feb 1 Vic Morow's daughter and Jane Fonda's niece duke it out for top billing in this well acted and satisfying if thoroughly unoriginal cat and mouse game thriller, about a young New York Software Designer who unwittingly brings a psychopath into her orbit, by hiring her as a roommate...This intense formula thriller is equal parts All About Eve, Persona and Fatal Attraction...(This was all part of the Roommate/girlfriend/babysitter/temp from hell trend of the 90s...). And they're doing it all in the Dakota from Rosemary's Baby, to top things off. Enjoyable enough. See more Eye C @ECinc Jan 10 It doesn’t aged very well, it’s ok, but I remembered much better. It’s interesting and stressful the craziness of the roommate. See more thiago s @Thiagostone Jun 18 Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas de terror são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more Spike D @Spike93 Jun 7 A psychological thriller where someone hurts an animal. How original. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Having recently split from fiancé Sam Rawson (Steven Weber), Allison Jones (Bridget Fonda) welcomes new roommate Hedra Carlson (Jennifer Jason Leigh). The young women quickly form a bond, but as Allison starts to rethink her engagement, Hedra grows jealous and hostile. As Allison learns new details about her roommate's life, Hedra gets violent in her efforts to get Sam out of the picture. With Hedra turning more menacing by the minute, Allison finally understands what she's up against.
Director
Barbet Schroeder
Producer
Barbet Schroeder
Screenwriter
Don Roos
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia Pictures, Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 14, 1992, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$46.2M
Runtime
1h 47m
Sound Mix
Stereo, Surround