''The Girls' Room'' (alternate title ''Best of Enemies'') is a 2000

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film. It is the first film by director Irene Turner.

Plot

Mismatched college roommates Casey and Grace struggle to get along. Casey wears black and has an attitude because she has always had to struggle, while conservative and proper Grace has a family with money and will marry Charlie when she graduates. Believing Casey is sabotaging her life, Grace plots revenge, dating Casey's friend Joey and pretending to be interested in Casey's life.

Cast

Soleil Moon Frye Soleil Moon Frye (; born August 6, 1976) is an American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. She began her career as a child actress at the age of two. When she was seven, Frye won the role of Penelope "Punky" Brewster in the NBC sitco ...

as Casey *

Wil Wheaton Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor and writer. He portrayed Wesley Crusher on the television series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', Gordie Lachance in the film ''Stand by Me (film), Stand by Me'', ...

as Charlie *

Catherine Taber Catherine Taber is an American actress. She is known for voicing Padmé Amidala in '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' and Lori Loud and Katherine Mulligan on ''The Loud House''. Taber is also known for her role as the protagonist Jesse (female) in ' ...

as Grace *Gary Wolf as Joey *Michelle Brookhurst as Paige *Crystall Carmen as Sweetie *

Julianna McCarthy Julianna McCarthy is an American actress. Biography and career McCarthy began her career on the New York stage and appeared on Broadway in '' Inherit the Wind'' (1955–1957), alongside her husband, Michael Constantine. She and Constantine marri ...

as Nana *

Lela Lee Lela Lee (born in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress and cartoonist, television writer, and the creator of the animated cartoon '' Angry Little Asian Girl'' and the related comic strip '' Angry Little Girls''. Career Acting career ...

as Chloe

Production

Much of the filming was done at

Wake Forest University Wake Forest University (WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The R ...

Winston-Salem, North Carolina Winston-Salem is a city in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the List of municipalities in North Carolina, fifth-most populous ...

Reception

In ''

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'', Lael Loewenstein called the film a "humorous tale of difference and tolerance" and said " nning, intimate performances" by the female stars "anchor the film and help smooth over its occasional lapses in logic." He said the main characters are well developed and neither totally likeable nor always hateful. He described production values as "sharp".

References

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* 2000 films 2000 comedy-drama films American comedy-drama films Films scored by Alan Lazar 2000s English-language films 2000s American films English-language comedy-drama films {{2000s-US-film-stub