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Single Black Female

  • 2009
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 20m
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2.7/10
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WRITTEN, DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY DALE STELLY OF STELLY ENTERTAINMENT. WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY FARRAH FRANKLIN OF ONE LOVE PICTURES.
When her roommate is brutally murdered, a Beverly Hills singer posts a "roommate wanted" ad in hopes of keeping up payments on her sprawling mansion in this thriller starring Destiny's Child's Farrah Franklin. Karma (Franklin)'s roommate is dead, and in order to remain up on her mortgage payments she'll have to find someone that can move in fast. Though an ad in the paper gets many replies, most of the applicants range from exceptionally quirky to outright insane. Eventually Karma selects the beautiful Sky (Kelle Cantwell) as her new roommate. But Karma's manager Wesley (Charlie Adams) can't help but feeling that something very strange is happening in his client's lavish, and he's about to discover that even the rich and famous can harbor some seriously dark secrets.
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In a world of rich and beautiful people even the obvious is not what it seems. The truth might be right in front of you but be careful the newspaper ad you reply to may be your last!In a world of rich and beautiful people even the obvious is not what it seems. The truth might be right in front of you but be careful the newspaper ad you reply to may be your last!In a world of rich and beautiful people even the obvious is not what it seems. The truth might be right in front of you but be careful the newspaper ad you reply to may be your last!

  • Director
    • Dale Stelly
  • Writers
    • Farrah Franklin
    • Dale Stelly
  • Stars
    • Saye Yabandeh
    • Lileé Anderson
    • Kelle Cantwell
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  • IMDb RATING
    2.7/10
    149
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    • Director
      • Dale Stelly
    • Writers
      • Farrah Franklin
      • Dale Stelly
    • Stars
      • Saye Yabandeh
      • Lileé Anderson
      • Kelle Cantwell
    • 6User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Saye Yabandeh
    Saye Yabandeh
    • Detective Lopez
    Lileé Anderson
    • Pam
    Kelle Cantwell
    Kelle Cantwell
    • Skye
    Farrah Franklin
    Farrah Franklin
    • Karma
    M.J. George
    M.J. George
    • Bar Patron
    • (as Jabbaar George)
    Darris Love
    Darris Love
    • Darnell
    Trinidad Mann
    • Jade
    Kiya Roberts
    Kiya Roberts
    • Crystal
    Sam Sarpong
    Sam Sarpong
    • Will
    Taryn Southern
    Taryn Southern
    • Jennifer
    Afida Turner
    • Blue
    • (as Afida Turner)
    Carl Washington
    • Greg
    • Director
      • Dale Stelly
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      • Farrah Franklin
      • Dale Stelly
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    3Uriah43

    Plagued by Too Many Irrelevant Scenes

    This film essentially begins with a young black woman named "Karma" (Farrah Franklin) and her older brother "Wesley" (Charlie Adams) finding Karma's roommate dead in her apartment from an apparent suicide. The scene then shifts to approximately 3 weeks later with Karma unable to afford the rent and subsequently putting an ad in the newspaper for a new roommate. Although several people stop by to apply, Karma eventually settles on an attractive blonde named "Skye" (Kelle Cantwell) who seems the most normal of them all. Wesley, on the other hand, begins to get a strange feeling about her and even confides this to one of his trusted friends--and that's when the body count really begins to rise. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this film certainly had potential but the director (Dale Stelly) seemed to lose focus rather early on as the film included too many irrelevant scenes and lacked any real suspense. Likewise, the bizarre twist at the end simply wasn't that believable either. Admittedly, the film did feature two attractive actresses in Farrah Franklin and Kelle Cantwell, but neither of them were able to overcome the obvious flaws just mentioned and I have rated this movie accordingly. Below average.
    1kdevida

    Worst movie of all time!

    WORST MOVIE EVER!!!! No sense, no plot, horrific acting and incredibly boring. Was a script even written for this movie? I doubt it. I don't usually write reviews, but the sheer horribleness of this "movie" has to be mentioned. It feels like your watching a really poorly acted porno from the 90s only without the sex scenes. I have seen home-made movies with better quality and acting. It's one of those movies that you'll want to fast-forward through to get to the good parts, only there are NO good parts. I watched the entire movie and wasted 80 minutes of my life... I would rather sit in LA traffic for 80 minutes than watch this movie again! ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE!!
    3gothicimages

    Good Premise, Poor execution.

    This film had a solid idea, one I was really excited to see: A Black Female Serial killer, preys on her roommates. The problem is they didn't build upon that premise, and instead I was very disappointed by the movie, which is filled with pointless cameos, bad acting, and a weak script.

    More forethought should have been put into developing the lead characters, and more forethought should have been put into developing the plot: The Police detectives for instance are unbelievable here, and you wonder why after the first 15mins they didn't arrest the prime ( and only) suspect in the film. Never did we see the detectives come up with any new leads, any other suspects, for such heinous crimes.

    The lead antagonist is also unbelievable and more wasn't done to make us understand her motivations for killing; by the time the ending comes and her motivation is reveleaed, we are left wondering "where did it come from" instead of "Why wasn't this presented sooner"?

    The pace of the film is also way too long for this film, and could have used a stronger editorial hand, removing many of the pointless scenes of cameos/roommates applying. This could have been done in a montage style presentation, some of the actors / actresses in the cameos weren't strong enough in their delivery, and a simple montage would have gotten the point across, and sped up the pace of the film dramactically.

    i gave the film three stars: One for the Female talent, who are all good looking, but whose acting skills leave something to be desired; One star for the nice red automobile, and the remaining star is for the strippers at the end of the second act of the movie, but I wish I could have gave it more for what I originally intended to watch it for.
    1breereeves-19868

    Worst movie I have ever seen!!!!

    This is the worst movie of all time. Never have i seen a movie more poorly made. Very much a complete waste of time. Amateur acting and a very poor execution.
    5mrcibubur

    Disappointing Horror thriller

    I did manage to finish watching this film (just) but overall this is a disappointing film with a poor screenplay, lousy storey and even lousier acting by virtually all the male actors/actresses involved. The ending of the film is quite incredibly bad. Nothing really good to say about the movie at all except to say that if they decide to remake it, spend sometime with the actors on their acting skills. None in this movie is believable. it is not a boring film and you watch in expectation that things will get better; they do in a sense but its all in the mind, an illusion to get to the end of the film. A very poor 'take' on the highly rated Single White Female of a few years ago.

    Didn't get all those people keep coming to the house door and why the room-mate had to answer the door. Maybe I have just seen too many movies lately. See this movie at your peril!

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      When Sky and Karma are getting acquainted, Sky says to Karma "I went to a private all-girls private school."

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      • January 27, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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