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Une locataire idéale

Original title: Stranger in My House
  • 1999
  • 10
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
493
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Lindsay Crouse and Zoe McLellan in Une locataire idéale (1999)
DramaThriller

A middle-aged woman takes on a young female tenant to help pay her debts, but gets a lot more than she bargains for when the girl starts to act very strangely indeed . . .A middle-aged woman takes on a young female tenant to help pay her debts, but gets a lot more than she bargains for when the girl starts to act very strangely indeed . . .A middle-aged woman takes on a young female tenant to help pay her debts, but gets a lot more than she bargains for when the girl starts to act very strangely indeed . . .

  • Director
    • Joe Cacaci
  • Writers
    • Christine Berardo
    • Victor Bumbalo
  • Stars
    • Lindsay Crouse
    • Zoe McLellan
    • Dan Lauria
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    493
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joe Cacaci
    • Writers
      • Christine Berardo
      • Victor Bumbalo
    • Stars
      • Lindsay Crouse
      • Zoe McLellan
      • Dan Lauria
    • 10User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Lindsay Crouse
    Lindsay Crouse
    • Patti Young
    Zoe McLellan
    Zoe McLellan
    • Lara Lipski Lewis
    Dan Lauria
    Dan Lauria
    • Dennis
    Jay Thomas
    Jay Thomas
    • Ray Young
    Jay Paulson
    Jay Paulson
    • Alan
    Paige Moss
    Paige Moss
    • Jill Young
    Eddie Jones
    Eddie Jones
    • Judge Prestwich
    Brian Smiar
    • Barry Simpson
    Karen Ludwig
    Karen Ludwig
    • Annette
    José Angel Santana
    • Steve
    Jack Wallace
    Jack Wallace
    • Chief Lewis
    Lionel Mark Smith
    • Sgt. Davis
    Donzaleigh Abernathy
    Donzaleigh Abernathy
    • Nurse
    John Cragen
    • Officer Greene
    Barry Neikrug
    • Man in Car
    Theresa Burkhart Gallagher
    Theresa Burkhart Gallagher
    • Receptionist
    • (as Theresa Burkhart)
    Meeghan Holaway
    Meeghan Holaway
    • Bank Officer
    Celeste Henderson
    • Woman in Dress Shop
    • Director
      • Joe Cacaci
    • Writers
      • Christine Berardo
      • Victor Bumbalo
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    1Anheetto

    What a horrible movie.

    There was a reasonably good looking girl starring the film(Zoe Mclellan) but even her looks couldn't stop me from voting it the lowest possible - one.

    The plot is bad and irrational.

    What more can I say. The movie sucks.
    guilfisher-1

    Total Disaster

    Total Stranger or Stranger In My House was so typical LMN movie you could almost tell the story without even seeing the film. Top this bad story with bad actors and you got it. Where does LMN get these terrible actors from? Especially the women? Lindsey Crouse as the lady of the house was just terrible. Looking painfully dumb and stupid most of the time. Anyone could fool her. And in the likes of another bimbo, played by Zoe McLellan, she gets fooled into letting the idiot rent a space in her home. Of course the bimbo is nuts. With as much warmth as an iceberg, this actress not only looks stupid but she acts so bad you don't really care. Bad casting on these two ladies. Paige Moss as the daughter at least had some believability. And veteran actor Jay Thomas was so wasted in this it was embarrassing. Then there's the jerk nerd lab assistant played by a huckleberry finn type Jay Paulson. He just went around with this dumb look on his face when he appeared.

    These unforgettable performances and lousy script made this one of the worst I've seen on LMN. And I've seen a lot of losers.
    1caa821

    Watched it "in vain"

    Got into this flick, just as it was beginning, on an afternoon where I was home with a touch of flu - otherwise I'd have missed it. That probably would have been best.

    I noticed the presence of Lindsay Crouse and Jay Thomas - both very good performers - and thought this might be worth a look. It proved to be to some extent, but only because it is one of those stories so awful it fascinates.

    Zoe McLellan has little to recommend her talents, except for her Jayne Mansfield- or Loni Anderson-like bosom. Unfortunately, her acting prowess - at least here - makes Mansfield and Anderson seem to be Garbo or Davis by comparison.

    The young nut case's white rat, the owner's cat, the young nut case having the owner evicted and restrained in her own home, and a bunch of doophus's (including the young nut case) running around a bio hazard facility, and the absurd conclusion. I kept waiting for at least some scene or plot element to contain at least a modicum of realism, believability or being capable of evoking some empathy/sympathy -- but this proved to be in vain.
    2tlharrison-59546

    So bad

    Romeo and the Apple made good supporting characters but the stars were awful. We get no real back-story for Lara and it's hard to root for Patti cause she just isn't very likeable. Solid bad movie.
    1morientes-68401

    Holy Crap This Movie Was So Bad!

    How is it possible to make a movie this bad? I mean there are so much meaningless crap dialoge in the movie. And that Woman Lindsay Crouse did she pay the director money to get a role in the movie. And Some of the actors must have been randomly picked up from a Shopping Mall or something and tried really hard to find the worst actors there. The plot must be the worst i have seen ever and the acting too. It's like they tried to fill the movie with crap and nonsense. And how did this movie get over 5 out of 10. For me it was a weak 0 out of 10. Bottom 10 movies of all time.

    Recently divorced, Patti Young decides to take research student Lara Lewis in as a boarder to keep her costs down. However, not long after she moves into the house, Lara becomes unstable. When Patti asks about excessive power costs, Lara keeps to the letter of their tenancy contract and refuses to pay more, which places financial burden on Patti. Lara soon engages in various malicious activities, including fooling Patti's lawyer ex-husband into writing letters threatening legal action, poisoning Patti's cat and calling the police with fictitious complaints of violence, eventually getting a restraining order barring Patti from returning to her own house.

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    • Trivia
      The letter from the lawyer's office contains the letterhead Cacaci, Young and Kindberg where it appears that Jay Thomas's character apparently has partners that are related to the film's director and producer.
    • Goofs
      When Patti is walking to the pool to discover the dead cat, you can see a man seated and moving in the tree house.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: Halloween Hootenanny: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Meyers (2019)

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    • Release date
      • July 26, 2001 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Stranger in My House
    • Filming locations
      • Moorpark College - 7075 Campus Road, Moorpark, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Hayden Productions
      • Patchett Kaufman Entertainment
      • World International Network (WIN)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 34m(94 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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