Single White Female (Region B) (Blu-ray Review)
Reviewed by: Stuart Galbraith IVReview Date: Aug 16, 2024Format: Blu-ray DiscDirectorBarbet SchroederRelease Date(s)1992 (July 22, 2024)Studio(s)Columbia Pictures (Indicator/Powerhouse Films)Film/Program Grade: C-Video Grade: A-Audio Grade: AExtras Grade: AReview[Editor’s Note: This is a Region B-locked UK import.]Two terrific leading performances can’t hide the fact that Single White Female (1992) is a perfectly dreadful psychological thriller, lacking credibility in its first third before going completely off the rails by the end. One can’t help but notice a lot of fine talent so wasted on a project far below their abilities.Based on John Lutz’s 1990 novel SWF Seeks Same, the film version stars Bridget Fonda as Allie Jones, a Manhattan-based software designer who as the story begins learns that her fiancé, Sam Rawson (Steven Weber, now on Chicago Med) recently had sex with his ex-wife. Allie kicks him out of her sprawling rent-controlled Upper West Side apartment, which she obtained...