Single White Female

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)..

• Director:Barbet Schroeder
• Genre:Drama / Thriller
• Runtime:108 minutes

Cast

Bridget Fonda : Allison ‘Allie’ Jones Jennifer Jason Leigh .: Hedra ‘Hedy’ Carlson Steven Weber : Sam Rawson Peter Friedman : Graham Knox Stephen Tobolowsky : Mitch Myerson

Alison “Allie” Jones (Bridget Fonda) is a software designer in New York City. While her professional star is on the rise – she has created a computer software package that will revolutionize the fashion world – her personal life is a mess.

Allie banishes her fiance Sam Rawson (Steven Weber) from her rent-controlled apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, after discovering that he slept with his ex-wife. Allie finds platonic comfort in her gay neighbor Graham Knox (Peter Friedman), an aspiring actor with a sensitive shoulder to lean on.

Realizing that the only way to hold on to her apartment is to find a roommate, Allie places an ad and interviews a succession of unsuitable candidates before settling on the shy Hedra “Hedy” Carlson (Jennifer Jason Leigh), who, in Allie’s eyes, is the ideal roomie.

Aimless and underemployed, Hedy quickly fills the void left in Allie’s life by Sam’s departure. Allie, meanwhile, is only too happy to allow Hedy to cook and clean for her. Their friendship deepens when Hedy brings home an adorable and – unknown to Allie – very expensive puppy.

Unknown to Allie, Hedy erases Sam’s phone messages when he calls to plead for a reconciliation. Before long, she’s even begun emulating the more sophisticated Allie in dress and manner. Allie passes off this strange behavior as that of an insecure but well-intentioned woman.

When Allie reconciles with Sam about a month after Hedy moved into the apartment, Allie and Sam toy with the idea of Sam moving into the apartment with Allie. Hedy goes over the edge, knowing that this means that she would have to move out of the apartment.

One afternoon, while Allie and Sam are out of the apartment, the puppy, which Allie has grown to love, plunges mysteriously to its death from a window. Before long, Hedy’s closet contains the exact same clothes as Allie’s, and Hedy has even had her hair cut and dyed to match Allie’s look, resulting in a startling resemblance between Allie and Hedy. Read more

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