Roommates
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Directed by	Chandler Levack
Written by	Jimmy Fowlie Ceara O'Sullivan
Produced by	Adam Sandler Allen Covert Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
Starring	Sadie Sandler Chloe East
Cinematography	Maria Rusche
Edited by	Tom Costain Brian Robinson
Music by	Ryan Holladay Hays Holladay
Production companies	Happy Madison Productions Range Media Partners
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	April 17, 2026 (2026-04-17)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$30 million

Roommates is a 2026 American black comedy film directed by Chandler Levack and written by Jimmy Fowlie and Ceara O'Sullivan. The film stars Sadie Sandler and Chloe East. It tells the story of two college freshmen – one naive, the other cool and confident – who become roommates as they face different obstacles of living in the same dormitory.

Roommates was released on Netflix on April 17, 2026.

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Luna and Auguste are roommates in a dormitory at Walton University. After beginning the year as friends, disagreements between them have escalated into a feud. They meet with Dean of Student Life Robyn Schilling, who tries to get them to work out their differences. She notes that things could always be worse between roommates, and begins to tell them a story that took place at Walton years earlier.

Devon Weisz is an introverted high school senior who looks forward to attending college at Walton, hoping she can move on from her awkward high school experience and make friends. At freshman orientation, she meets Celeste, a classmate whose friendliness and confidence impress her. At the end of orientation, she asks Celeste to be her roommate in the dorm for honors students, and Celeste happily agrees. Initially, the arrangement works well: the two get along with only minimal friction, and they make plans to go to Panama City for spring break with their dorm neighbors, which Devon pays for on a credit card from her parents. Devon also meets a boy at a house party she develops a crush on, who turns out to be her TA Michael. During midterms, Devon offers to help a sick Celeste by writing a paper for her. When she returns to their dorm, however, she discovers a healthy Celeste having sex with a classmate, which also causes one of Devon’s projects to be broken. Devon complains about Celeste to her parents, who encourage them to reconcile and convince Devon to invite Celeste to their family Thanksgiving after Celeste alludes to problems at home. While home for Thanksgiving, Celeste ingratiates herself with Devon’s family, including her brother Alex. Devon is tasked with watching the deep-fried turkey, but is sent inside by her grandmother Gigi. Moments later, the turkey explodes; Celeste uses the opportunity to make Devon appear irresponsible.

After returning to campus, Celeste’s passive-aggressive behavior continues, as she subtly exposes Devon’s antidepressant prescription and steals her clothing. Devon meets with her RA - a younger Robyn - to ask about switching roommates. Celeste inadvertently sees an email from Robyn about the topic, prompting her to deliver a scathing poem about Devon in their poetry class, mocking her introversion and anxiety. Meanwhile, Devon continues to develop her relationship with Michael, and is encouraged by her professor to present at WaltonCon, a school-wide competition centred around improving life on campus. At a Halloween party, she and Michael share a kiss, but the moment is interrupted when a visiting Alex becomes sick after apparently taking MDMA from Celeste, which she denies. At spring break in Panama City, Celeste secretly signs Devon up for karaoke; though she is initially nervous, she comes out of her shell and is cheered by the crowd of partiers. As an act of revenge, Celeste makes out with Michael. A devastated Devon returns to Walton, where she is comforted by Alex. While using a fake ID given to her by Celeste with Celeste’s address on it, Devon discovers that Celeste did not grow up in poverty as she claimed: her father is the CEO of Staples, and she grew up in a multi-million dollar mansion. Devon and Alex plot revenge through Devon’s WaltonCon presentation, where she exposes Celeste’s behavior and upbringing under the guise of improving dorm life.

Celeste seemingly moves out of the dorm, and takes revenge by outing Alex as gay to his high school with a fake promposal to his crush. Devon discovers that Celeste is staying in Robyn’s room and confronts her. The two fight, with Celeste revealing that she had been carrying on a relationship with Michael for months before spring break. In retaliation, Devon burns Celeste’s possessions with Robyn’s blowtorch, starting a fire that burns down the entire dorm. Celeste admits that she lied about her life in an effort to be more likeable, and that her home life isn’t without troubles: her mother has Alzheimer’s, and her father divorced her to marry a younger woman. Devon pointed out she still would have been there for her had she told her the truth.

As Robyn’s story concludes, Luna and Auguste make up, but ask what happened to the characters in the story. Robyn reveals that Celeste was expelled from several other schools, and now works at Staples after being cut off financially by her father; Michael opened a failed restaurant; Alex skipped college, and is now engaged to his former crush Peter. Finally, Devon was sentenced to two months in prison for arson. She became best friends with her cellmate Louise, and after being released, the two now run an architecture and design firm in New York City.

• Sadie Sandler as Devon Weisz, a shy, introverted college freshman from Montclair, New Jersey
• Chloe East as Celeste Durand, Devon's more confident and self-assured roommate from Stamford, Connecticut
• Sarah Sherman as Dr. Robyn Schilling, Walton College's Dean of Student Life and the former RA of Devon and Celeste's dorm
• Natasha Lyonne as Hannah Weisz, Devon and Alex's mother and Brian's wife
• Nick Kroll as Brian Weisz, Devon and Alex's father and Hannah's husband
• Storm Reid as Luna, a freshman student in conflict with her roommate
• Billy Bryk as Michael, a senior architecture student and Devon's love interest
• Ivy Wolk as Auguste, Luna's roommate
• Aidan Langford as Alex Weisz, Devon's younger brother
• Bella Murphy as Amber, Olivia's roommate
• Jaya Harper as Olivia, Amber's roommate
• Janeane Garofalo as Professor Ziemann, Devon's architecture professor
• Carol Kane as Gigi, Hannah's mother and Devon and Alex's grandmother
• Josh Segarra as Goose
• Bailee Madison as Rebecca Anderson, Devon's high school valedictorian
• Martin Herlihy as George, a student and the president of Walton's frisbee club
• Adam Sandler as Danny Schilling
• Alexandra Seal as Prison Guard
• Megan Thee Stallion as Louise "Chuck", Devon's previous jail mate and now show co-host

The film was announced to be in production in July 2025.^[1] It was also confirmed that Sarah Sherman, Natasha Lyonne, Nick Kroll, Sadie Sandler, Chloe East and Storm Reid were part of the cast.^[2]

Principal photography began in June 2025 coinciding with another Happy Madison–production Don't Say Good Luck in New Jersey.^[3][4] Ryan and Hays Holladay composed the score for the film.^[5]

Levack has said she was approached by Sandler to direct the film - him having been a fan of her directorial debut I Like Movies, - and she ultimately secured the job and was given the largest budget of her career with $30 million.^[6]

Roommates was released on Netflix on April 17, 2026.^[7][8]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 70% of 10 critics' reviews are positive.^[9] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 57 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.^[10]

• Don't Say Good Luck (2026) — musical drama film directed by Julia Hart, co-produced by Happy Madison and stars Sadie’s sister Sunny in the lead role.

• Roommates on Netflix
• Roommates at IMDb