The fastest way to lose your mind in college? Have a roommate. Just ask Sadie Sandler and Chloe East, who lead the unhinged new comedy movie Roommates alongside Sarah Sherman, Nick Kroll, and many more starry actors and cameos. The film centers on college roommates Devon (Sandler) and Celeste (East), whose blossoming friendship spirals into a war of passive aggression and hilarious chaos.

Watch Roommates, now streaming on Netflix, and keep reading to make yourself at home in this messy living situation. 

What is Roommates about?

Roommates follows Devon, a shy first-year college student who meets the fiery, kombucha-swilling Celeste at their outdoor orientation program. Every bit the yin to Devon’s yang, Celeste agrees to be Devon’s roommate, and the two become inseparable as soon as they hit campus.

Devon and Celeste wade through freshman-year chaos — frat parties, first hangovers, packed school schedules, and new friends — arm in arm. At first, their friendship buoys Devon during her first stint away from her parents, Brian (Kroll) and Hannah (Natasha Lyonne), and her little brother, Alex (Aidan Langford). But soon Devon feels increasingly irritated by and distrustful of Celeste. During a fateful, karaoke-fueled spring break in Panama City, their war of passive aggression boils over, showing just how crazy your roommates can make you.

What happens at the end of Roommates?

Celeste’s suspicious behavior culminates dramatically during the college squad’s spring break trip. After signing Devon up for karaoke without telling her, Celeste makes out with Michael (Billy Bryk), the boy Devon’s been crushing on all year. Devastated, Devon returns to campus and nurses her two-part heartbreak over too many shots of vodka. 

With her brother Alex’s help, Devon crafts a plan to get back at Celeste. For her architecture class, Devon builds a facsimile of a dorm room and, during a school-wide presentation, uses it to call out all of Celeste’s lies and missteps in front of all of their peers. 

Afterward, Devon and Celeste finally confront all of their tension, and their fiery tête-à-tête escalates when Devon mishandles their RA Dr. Schilling’s (Sherman) welding torch, accidentally setting their dorm on fire. Everyone makes it out alive, but Devon goes to prison for setting the fire. There, she finds herself rooming with Louise (Megan Thee Stallion), and they soon become fast friends. Once they leave prison, the duo starts an interior design business, which is celebrated in a magazine cover story with the headline, “From the Pen to the Penthouse.” The ultimate moral of the story? With a little direct communication and honesty, your roommate doesn’t need to become your mortal enemy. 

Celeste, meanwhile, lands on her feet at her dad’s office supplies company, Staples.

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When does Roommates come out?

Roommates is now streaming on Netflix. Unpack your bags and settle in!

Where can I watch the trailer for Roommates?

Dive into the chaos headfirst with the trailer above. 

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Who is in the cast of Roommates?

Roommates features a stacked cast of comedians and actors: 

• Sadie Sandler (Jay Kelly, Happy Gilmore 2)
• Chloe East (The Fabelmans, Heretic)
• Natasha Lyonne (Orange Is the New Black, Russian Doll)
• Nick Kroll (Big Mouth, Sausage Party)
• Billy Bryk (Friendship, Saturday Night)
• Sarah Sherman (Saturday Night Live, Three Busy Debras)
• Martin Herlihy (Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, Saturday Night Live)
• Carol Kane (The Princess Bride, Annie Hall)
• Aidan Langford (1985)
• Bella Murphy (Coming 2 America)
• Jaya Harper (Teenage Emotions)
• Storm Reid (Euphoria, A Wrinkle in Time)
• Ivy Wolk (Friendship, Anora, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
• Francesca Scorsese (Bones and All)

Read more about the Roommates cast and the surprising cameos on Tudum.

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Who else is involved in Roommates?

Chandler Levack directs, and Adam Sandler’s production company, Happy Madison, produces. SNL writers Jimmy Fowlie and Ceara O’Sullivan wrote the script. 

Where was Roommates filmed?

The movie was shot primarily in New Jersey, as well as Los Angeles, Barcelona, and New York.

What songs are on the Roommates soundtrack?

We knew Roommates would have a killer track list as soon as we heard the first notes of “Girl, so confusing,” in the trailer. Including songs by artists from Suki Waterhouse to Olivia Rodrigo, Blood Orange to King Princess, Roommates blasts the early 2000s nostalgia trips and contemporary pop bops that its Gen-Z characters would be playing across campus.

The most prominent music moment unravels to a more millennial tune. During that fateful trip to Panama City, Celeste signs Devon up to sing The Killers’ “Mr. Brightside” at a school-wide pool party without her knowledge. Devon owns the song, but just as she’s getting into her groove, she witnesses Celeste making out with Devon’s architecture TA turned crush, Michael (Bryk). This betrayal throws a match on the bonfire of passive-aggressive slights that have been accumulating up until this point, and everything combusts. 

The full Roommates soundtrack is:

• Sadie “Walk with Me” 
• After “300 dreams” 
• Neiked, Portugal. The Man “Glide” 
• Courtney Barnett “Write a List of Things to Look Forward to” 
• Alvvays “Archie, Marry Me” 
• Frost Children (featuring Babymorocco) “Ralph Lauren” 
• Japanese Breakfast “Slide Tackle” 
• Jade Josephine “In the Bag” 
• UGK featuring Outkast “International Players Anthem (I Choose You) [feat. Outkast]” 
• Ian Sweet “Sword” 
• Spin Doctors “Two Princes” 
• Arlie “big fat mouth” 
• Her’s “Marcel” 
• The Killers “Mr. Brightside”
• late night drive home “Stress Relief”
• Forgiato Blow, Vanilla Ice, Cowboy Troy “Ride the Horse”
• The Offspring “Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)”
• ekat19 “Anyway” 
• Suki Waterhouse “Supersad” 
• Mindflip “Right Now” 
• Danny Brown “Starburst” 
• INJI “Teen Angst” 
• Olivia Rodrigo “drivers license” 
• Blood Orange, Caroline Polachek, Lorde, Mustafa “Mind Loaded (featuring Caroline Polachek, Lorde, Mustafa)” 
• Winnetka Bowling League “Slow Dances”
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs, A-Trak “Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)” 
• King Princess “Jaime”
• Alex G “Change” 
• Charli xcx, Lorde “Girl, so confusing (feat. Lorde)” 

Listen to the playlist on Spotify.