‘Single White Female’ is a cracking film that I’ve been taken with since first seeing it in my late teens (and I’ve never looked at black stillies the same way again).
Bridget Fonda has real star quality, and Jennifer Jason Leigh plays unhinged with believability.
The only concern is the film’s name. I know that this film was released in 1992 and that every country has rascism, but seriously America, advertising for a flat mate by mentioning your skin colour is beyond the pale (no pun intended).
Seriously America?
If you know the lion king and you know the hyenas you’ll know what I’m talking about. It’s all chills this film. I’m not happy paying what I did to watch it as I have it on DVD somewhere just couldn’t find it. No great film, fantastic chic flick with a difference. i.e. violent and creepy not the one to watch if you think this is about best mates. I can’t recommend it enough but don’t want to give too much away. If you like a good thriller with the odd twist then watch it. It’s a classic and even their style and clothes are still okay how many years after release. Pure class up there with Fatal attraction and the ilk. Grab your popcorn and enjoy a hide behind the couch moment or two.
I just watched this years after seeing the original version in the 90s. Great film but indulge me a little rant here. Watching it with fresh eyes, I can’t help but notice the underlying mysogyny in this film. I’m referring to the masterbation scene. Why is it that all female psychos in films do this on screen and it appears to be some kind of red flag that they’re dun dun dun…… PSYCHO! I mean, really? Men would never do such things, I’m sure *eye roll* and if they did in films, it is certainly not portrayed as some kind of psychopathic marker. Why is it that any woman expressing any kind of female desire or enjoyment of sex is immediately portrayed as a psycho? It really, really annoys me. Heaven forbid women should enjoy sex in any shape or form (as men are allowed to, and frequently and freely do in film) because if they do, they clearly must be psychopathic or insane/damaged in some way. Think about it- films like fatal attraction, basic instinct, the temp, disclosure, deceptions, the witches of eastwick, catwoman etc all portray women who are unapologetic about their sexuality as being either bad, psychologically unhinged, murderers, or evil, needing to be punished. Moreover, in films where the female character suddenly becomes sexually aggressive, it is only because she is going through some kind of evil transformation. The “good” women are the ones who keep their desires quiet, hidden and unfulfilled. Men, on the other hand, who are unapologetic about their sexual desire are labelled as heroes – James Bond, I am talking to you.
Sorry, but nope. Clearly, we should all be chaste and view sex as some kind of duty to perform for the sole enjoyment of men. Right. Rant over, now I’m off to show my ankle to the chimney sweep like the harlot that I am.
Great film…haven’t seen it since it first came out so couldn’t remember it all. Brought it to show to my grown up children…even though it’s a dated film they thought it was really good tense thriller!!! Definitely worth another watch!!!
As good as I remember… a good nail-biter how they used to be made! It’s a pity there aren’t any cast or crew interviews with it, but c’est la vie. Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh are perfect in their roles
One of the greatest psychological thrillers I’ve ever watched! After reading all the great reviews I had to get this and I’m glad I did, such a good thriller which kept me on my toes. Would re-watch over and over, loved it!
Turn around and ten years have passed you by, this is came out 23 years ago and it only seems like yesterday, how time flies, that is. . . if there is any such thing as time, but that is another one of my interests as you will see if you scan though all my reviews. There is no point in my writing about this film which is so well known and documented so I need to just say whether or not I liked it. . .
A terrific film, the DVD sits in my favourites collection.
This is a brilliant psycological thriller starring a young Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh, basically about a girl (Bridget) who advertises for a flat mate who then becomes jealous of her and ultimatly trys to take her life, its a brilliant psycological film and one of Fondas best performances without a doubt!!
This is so like Fatal Attraction but involving a very disturbed flatmate turned stalker. It’s one thing to have someone want to copy you, which can be flattering but this takes it one step further. Well worth the watch and, again, a good second hand price.
Good film and well worth a watch, Fonda needs a room mate and thinks she has found the ideal girl to share with until she realises her new room mate is starting to copy her in clothes and looks, Fonda’s boyfriend ends up dead and so does the puppy dog?
Oh how I love this film! It’s so creepy and the main obsessed character is played out perfectly by the actress. It appears to me that she could have BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) and definitely has obsessive issues – something I know quite a lot about, having suffered for many years. But of course the character has much more than just BPD wrong with her, as it would not drive her to such terrible actions – on the contrary, mental illness does not make people vicious or turn them into killers as the press may like us all to think. So it’s kind of half and half – a look at some symptoms and a fictionalised nasty character. All in all, a very entertaining film.
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Bridget Fonda has real star quality, and Jennifer Jason Leigh plays unhinged with believability.
The only concern is the film’s name. I know that this film was released in 1992 and that every country has rascism, but seriously America, advertising for a flat mate by mentioning your skin colour is beyond the pale (no pun intended).
Seriously America?
Sorry, but nope. Clearly, we should all be chaste and view sex as some kind of duty to perform for the sole enjoyment of men. Right. Rant over, now I’m off to show my ankle to the chimney sweep like the harlot that I am.
I enjoyed this film a lot – I seem to be in a 90’s phase at the moment! It was in very good condition & the price was cheap – it also arrived on time.
A terrific film, the DVD sits in my favourites collection.