Single White Female Movie Review (2024)

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The site's critics consensus states: "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."

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.

Single White Female / Film synopsis

The novel inspired Single White Female, the 1992 movie starring Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Fonda's character is imitated, stalked, and eventually attacked by her new roommate, Leigh, who appears to be trying to steal Fonda's life and identity, likely due to borderline personality disorder.

The Ansonia on the Upper West Side of Manhattan was used for the apartment building. The interiors were shot on a soundstage, but the scenes in the stairwells were shot at The Ansonia.

Annie Wilkes, one of the main characters in the film, exhibits multiple signs and symptoms of having a psychological illness, making her subject to diagnosis. Through Annie's behavior and emotional instability, it is evident that she has borderline personality disorder.

Does the dog die? The dead puppy is shown about 42 minutes into the movie. It happens directly after the scene Allie and Sam are looking at apartments and talking about how to get Hedy to move out.

Tiffany and Krystle Mataras are American actresses and arguably one of Hollywood's most famous sets of twin child stars. They appeared together in many films throughout the 1990's including Kindergarten Cop, Problem Child 2, Single White Female, and Camp Nowhere.

In the black silhouettes, Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh look identical. Casting director Howard Feuer really found two actresses who really look alike and can play both shy and seductive at a moment's notice. Bridget Fonda is wonderful as Single White Female's sympathetic heroine Allison "Allie" Jones.

Starring Amber Riley, Raven Goodwin, and K. Michelle, it is inspired by the 1992 film Single White Female. The film was released on February 5, 2022, and was the most viewed Lifetime original film since Wendy Williams: The Movie (2021). A sequel was released in 2024 called Single Black Female 2: Simone's Revenge.

Evie Zamora falls into two types of borderline, the petulant and impulsive.

What is the meaning of single woman? ›

single woman means a female adult human being who is either not married or divorce or judicially separated from her spouse for the purposes of this Act; Sample 1Sample 2. single woman means a woman, who is widowed, divorced, separated or deserted, or is unmarried and aged above 35 years.

Allison puts an ad in a newspaper to find a room mate. The ad starts with: "Single White Female seeks female to share apartment", which explains the title of the film.

No, Single White Female is not based on a true story. However, it was loosely inspired by the novel “SWF Seeks Same” by John Lutz.

The Roommate is a 2011 American psychological thriller film directed by Christian E. Christiansen and written by Sonny Mallhi. The film stars Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Cam Gigandet, Danneel Harris, Matt Lanter, and Aly Michalka. The Roommate was released in the United States on February 4, 2011.

The Bechdel test (/ˈbɛkdəl/ BEK-dəl), also known as the Bechdel-Wallace test, is a measure of the representation of women in film and other fiction. The test asks whether a work features at least two female characters who have a conversation about something other than a man.

The woman's film is a film genre that includes women-centered narratives, female protagonists and is designed to appeal to a female audience. Woman's films usually portray stereotypical women's concerns such as domestic life, family, motherhood, self-sacrifice, and romance.