- Release Date: 2005
- Runtime: 135 min
- Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
- Starring: Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson, Jesse L. Martin ... see all
- Director: Chris Columbus
- Plot: This is the film version of the Pulitzer and Tony Award winning musical about Bohemians in the East Village of New York City struggling with life, love and AIDS, and... Read more
User Reviews
good but not the best
Jan 26, 2009
gamesml - yahoo.com
Jan 26, 2009gamesml - yahoo.com
RENT is a good movie.I mean it's not bad it's really good actually but when it comes to the best musical, RENT is not it and i judge really hard on musical's. Fabolous,powerful and wonderful but it's not my favorite so... Full review
outstanding
Nov 02, 2008
jusexotic4u - yahoo.com
Nov 02, 2008jusexotic4u - yahoo.com
well performed, put together with a bold needle and thread, well done, fell in love with cast, continue to watch it regularly.... Full review
RENT
Oct 01, 2008
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Oct 01, 2008ljhrocks182 - yahoo.com
Rent is a movie based off of Johnathan Larson's rock-opera with the same name. Rent follows the life of East Village artists who are struggling with money, love, art, and overall HOW TO PAY THEIR RENT!!... Full review
What?
Sep 28, 2008
guitar532001 - yahoo.com
Sep 28, 2008guitar532001 - yahoo.com
This is probably the worst musical ever made! The acting was horrible the storyline was worse. And the music was highly forgetable. Come on people you have obviousle never seen anything by Rogers and Hammerstein,or Andrew lloyd Webber these are musicals,with... Full review
blalsa
Sep 25, 2008
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Sep 25, 2008akshay_v10 - yahoo.com
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Our Place
Sep 25, 2008
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Sep 25, 2008etymgal - yahoo.com
I saw this movie some time ago-now I see it is back. I thought it was great the way these kids handled life's issues. They supported each other to the end and did it in a way that made each one... Full review
Walked Out on it
Sep 22, 2008
winnihar - yahoo.com
Sep 22, 2008winnihar - yahoo.com
I can't think of one thing I liked about this, the subject was gross, the music too loud and just overall didn't like it.... Full review
MY FAVORITE MOVIE, BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT THE BEST
Sep 20, 2008
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Sep 20, 2008alexandriaa4 - yahoo.com
I am a true Renthead and I love this movie. I know it's not the best movie ever. I personally think they could have adapted it to the big screen MUCH better. But the message was still there, and Rent has... Full review
I want to rent this movie now...
Aug 30, 2008
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Aug 30, 2008second2none_ef - yahoo.com
When this musical originally hit Broadway in 1996, people had really enjoyed it. Now it has hit the big screen. This really had the fans going, including me. Let's just say Rent is a good musical and we are all excited... Full review
Critics have no hearts.
Aug 25, 2008
jessicou6 - yahoo.com
Aug 25, 2008jessicou6 - yahoo.com
Anyone who doesn't cry while watching this movie has got to be out of their mind. Whether it was the stage version or the movie, by the end it had me bawling my eyes out. Not only was every cast member... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Oct 09, 2009San Francisco Chronicle
Rent" has great music and stagecraft as well....This is a perfectly cast show from top to bottom.....especially in this touring version, one solid performance after another..... ... Full Review
| Jun 10, 2009The Denver Post
The triumph of "Rent" is.... ... Full Review
| May 13, 2009Austin 360
Rent's" final scene, as drug addict Mimi wakes from near death is incongruous with "Rent's" more progressive politics.....Rent" uses its entire space well, opening up a tiny, marginalized world-a bohemian fantasy of New York's Alphabet City neighborhood just before 1990s gentrification.....As awkward filmmaker Mark, Anthony Rapp (an original from "Rent's" 1996 premiere) fretted with a combination of earnestness and fear that makes Mark endearing, particularly when Rapp closed his fists and eyes.... ... Full Review
| Apr 15, 2009Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Tuesday's younger-than-average opening-night audience of single-ticket buyers greeted and encouraged the performance with zestful enthusiasm and much cheering that was well-deserved.....Although more than a decade older than when they created their roles, Rapp and Pascal retain their boyish charm and energy.... ... Full Review
| Feb 20, 2009Sacramento Bee
Larson won Tony Awards for best book and original score, and the play won for best musical of 1996.
Among the actors in the original cast were Taye Diggs and Jesse L. Martin.
... Full Review
News
'Rent' pays off big time in Costa Mesa
ocregister.com –
2009-10-21
Can "Rent" do any wrong? The 1996 rock-opera musical is an island unto itself, a pop-culture phenomenon with such critical mass that it bowls over everything in its way. ... Full Article
For Adam Pascal, S.F.'s 'Rent' feels like home
sfgate.com –
2009-10-04
When "Rent" opens at the Curran Theatre this week, two of the biggest Broadway musical hits of the past 15 years will be playing San Francisco at the same time. ... Full Article
"Rent" is due in San Francisco
mercurynews.com –
2009-09-22
Croswell presents 3 shows of 'Rent'
toledoblade.com –
2009-08-27
BLADE STAFF WRITER The Croswell Opera House ends summer with a three-performance run of Jonathan Larson's Rent. Inspired by Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme, the late Jonathan Larson's masterpiece is about young playwrights, actors, and artists struggling to survive and find... ... Full Article
'Rent': Still moving after 13 years
bostonherald.com –
2009-07-17

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