The Roommate – fright night out

Last week some CLEO gals and I went along to the reader event to see a special screening of The Roommate. One of the many perks of my job is that I get to go out and socialise, for free. Anyway, popcorn and Fanta orange (and goody bag, another perk) at the ready, I prepped myself for 90-or-so minutes of suspense.

The story goes like this: Sara (Leighton Meester) goes to college in California, and shacks up with roommate Rebecca (Minka Kelly). Their fast-tracked friendship takes a turn for the worse when Rebecca becomes obsessed with Sara, going to any lengths (including bellyring-ripping, and sexual accusations) to keep her all to herself. Add in hunky Stephen (Cam Gigandet) and the visuals get better.

Since I’m not the best scary-movie-watcher, I spent most of the time huddled up to features writer Roxanne, covering my eyes, and whispering furiously to her what I thought would happen next. And because it was excessively predictable, I was always right.

Nonetheless, it was a good night out, and I’d recommend the movie if you feel like watching something that doesn’t require too much analysing and is a bit of a fright.