Rachel, was clearly mentally ill....

I can't give this film as glowing a review as most here have. Yes it was disturbing, but not the type of disturbing where I'd want to explore the reasons why....after awhile the film began to grate and became as repetitious as the lead character Rachel and her overbearing toxic demeanor!

There was nothing interesting about any of this characters to keep the viewers interest. I kept the film on because I was waiting for something to happen, unfortunately the film had no conclusion. Rachel kept constantly setting herself up to be disappointed, you have to figure her life would continue to be this vicious cycle of control and co-dependency.

What's the explanation of madness....doing the same thing over and over again, then expecting a different result? That was Rachel.

Not that we necessarily need to have everything tied up in a nice little bow, but films like this are a dull as real life. I think most people go to see films to escape real life, to escape their own realities....not watch every dull minute of another person's unspectacular problems.

Most reviewing this film, seem to miss the fact that there was something deeply wrong with Rachel, she basically tried to control and stalk her friends. She didn't merely make suggestions, she demanded and forced situations to suit her terms, she told her friends what to do, because she felt she was right and they were wrong. I'd almost wished Alice stabbed Rachel, during the dishwashing scene, just to finally stop her non-stop carping!

Many people who move to Manhattan have a roommate out of necessity, it's way too an expensive place to live, especially for out-of-towners, who didn't move there when the rents were super low. Most new Manhattanites have roommates who are not their friends nor do they become friends. In many instances, these roommates live their own lives without much fanfare from the person they live with. In fact, I knew a woman who had a spectacular pre-war three bedroom apartment, she made sure to get a roommate whose hours did not overlap with hers, she worked days, the roommate worked nights.

Rachel was clearly an overbearing, disturbed control freak, even if she and Alice were initially friends, I could see the friendship taking a bad turn because of Rachel's incessant harping and needing to know Alice's every thought. Rachel was clearly not the type of person to live with another person, it brought out the worst in her. Not only was Rachel "emotionally stunted", so were her two female friends. There was some bizarre type of codependency going on with all these women.

Rachel needed to stop smothering and trying to control her roommate/friend Alice, yet she was too mentally disturbed to see that her actions weren't normal.

If a roommate proves to be unsuitable, you ask them to leave, you don't try to become their mother or try to control their every move. If they refuse to leave, you get a lawyer.

The ending, when Rachel trailed Alice to her job at Six Flags, only proved how unstable and yes, co-dependent Rachel was. Who in their right mind, trails a friend to their place of business?! Rachel was beyond just overbearing and controlling, no one seemed to notice how co-dependent she was. Her following Alice to Six Flags proved it.

Rachel's friends also share blame for remaining close to Rachel and allowing her to control and manipulate them. Like any other situation, where another person tries to control you and wants/expects too much from you, whether it be a close friendship or a romantic relationship, you should have the sense enough to break the ties with that person when things seem less than normal.

IMHO, Rachel was totally incapable of having a normal friendship with anyone. She was beyond toxic. I've seen these types in work situations and also as friend's of friends, I have to wonder how anyone can deal with these types on a daily basis. The people dealing with toxic friends, need to step back and question why they are indeed putting up with these disturbed individuals.