Netflix has debuted the trailer and key art for Roommates. This film is a new coming-of-age comedy that looks ready to turn dorm life into social warfare. Directed by Chandler Levack and written by Jimmy Fowlie and Ceara Jane O’Sullivan, the film stars Sadie Sandler as hopeful freshman Devon and Chloe East as the cool, confident Celeste, whose new friendship quickly curdles into a passive-aggressive battle. The streamer lists Roommates as part of its 2026 film slate, and the film will begin streaming globally on April 17, 2026.
Roommates Is A Dorm Room Friendship With Teeth
The premise works because it taps into something painfully recognizable. College roommate relationships can feel more intense than romance, especially when both people are still figuring out who they are. That emotional mess seems to be exactly where Roommates wants to live.
The trailer setup suggests the film understands how fast admiration can become resentment. Devon wants connection. Celeste projects the kind of ease and confidence that can feel magnetic to someone desperate to belong. That imbalance gives the story its bite.
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Instead of playing college life as broad wish fulfillment, Roommates appears more interested in the small humiliations, crossed boundaries, and identity panic that can make a shared room feel like a pressure cooker.
Chaos, Comedy, and a Sharp Ensemble
Netflix also packed the cast with the right kind of chaotic energy. Alongside Sandler and East, the ensemble includes Billy Bryk, Sarah Sherman, Martin Herlihy, Josh Segarra, Carol Kane, Janeane Garofalo, Aidan Langford, Bella Murphy, Jaya Harper, Storm Reid, Ivy Wolk, and Bailee Madison, with Natasha Lyonne and Nick Kroll rounding things out. Adam Sandler and Tim Herlihy produce, which gives the project an interesting mix of young-adult discomfort and comedy pedigree.
That mix may be what helps Roommates stand out. Netflix’s own synopsis sells the movie on a friendship that spirals into “a war of passive aggression,” but the surrounding creative team suggests something sharper than a one-note campus comedy. If the trailer is any indication, Roommates could land in that sweet spot between painfully funny and emotionally specific, especially for anyone who remembers how weird, intimate, and unstable first-year college friendships can become.
Are you into the messy energy of Roommates so far? Do you think Sadie Sandler and Chloe East look like a strong pairing here? What is the most chaotic college roommate movie or show you have ever seen? Share your thoughts in the comments or @me.
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