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Single White Female (1992) -- A newly-single yuppie acquires a new roommate and a deadly creepy evil twin. Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh star in this stylish, adrenaline-laced thriller.
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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:

Barbet Schroeder

Writers (WGA):

John Lutz (novel)
Don Roos (screenplay)

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Release Date:

14 August 1992 (USA) more

Genre:

Thriller | Drama more

Tagline:

Allie's new roommate is about to borrow a few things without asking. Her clothes. Her boyfriend. Her life. more

Plot:

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)... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

1 win more

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User Comments:

Oh but for the pandering to Hollywood endings... more (67 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bridget Fonda ... Allison 'Allie' Jones

Jennifer Jason Leigh ... Hedra 'Hedy' Carlson

Steven Weber ... Sam Rawson

Peter Friedman ... Graham Knox

Stephen Tobolowsky ... Mitch Myerson
Frances Bay ... Elderly Neighbor
Michele Farr ... Myerson's Assistant

Tara Karsian ... Mannish Applicant

Christiana Capetillo ... Exotic Applicant

Jessica Lundy ... Talkative Applicant
Renée Estevez ... Perfect Applicant (as Rene Estevez)
Tiffany Mataras ... Twin
Krystle Mataras ... Twin

Amelia Campbell ... Check Cashier
Kenneth Tobey ... Desk Clerk (as Ken Tobey)
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Additional Details

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, and for violence and language.

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

To prepare for their fight to the finish scenes, both Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh took several self-defense lessons. more

Goofs:

Continuity: When Allison is strangled in the elevator, there is a small hole in her shirt where she was shot a couple minutes earlier, but no bloodstain. However a few minutes later a bloodstain appears and her arm is fully functional to fight Hedy. more

Quotes:

Hedra Carlson: [looking for Allison] Ally? Ally, come out of hiding now! I'm scared! more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saved by the Bell: The College Years: Marry Me (#1.17)" (1994) more

Soundtrack:

TRIO SONATA IN C, RV 60 more


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Oh but for the pandering to Hollywood endings..., 18 December 2001
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Author: charlietuna from The Pacific



Barbet Schroeder and especially photographer Luciano Tovoli are to be commended for attempting to bring a slick off beat thriller to mass release. Stuck in between "Last Exit to Brooklyn" and "The Hudsucker Proxy" Jennifer Jason Leigh turns in a solid performance and saves it from the clutches of Bridget Fonda (who was on her way to the inexcusable "Point of No Return" and struggling to find the talent she would display in her later films.) and the woeful Steven Weber. Unfortunately Leigh could not snatch the pen out Don Roos's hand and stop him from penning a typically ridiculous and cliche ending. SWF works all the way through until the last ten or fifteen minutes. At that point, you can no longer forgive Roos and to that matter Schroeder for their excesses. Unfortunately, it is the ending that reduces SWF to a level only slightly above stylized pap. Schroeder would again have this problem with "Desperate Measures", yet the man gave us "Barfly" so I guess we can give him some props for bringing style to the otherwise mundane.

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