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Rent (2005) | User Rating
(97 votes) | Critic Rating
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Directed by
Chris Columbus Written by
Stephen Chbosky, Jonathan Larson Cast
Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia [more]
Release Date
• USA: Nov 25, 2005
• UK: 17 Feb 2006
DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 21, 2006
Budget USD 40,000,000
BoxOffice: $29.1M
Official Website:
Rent Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving drugs and sexuality, and for some strong language.
Running Time
2 hours, 15 minutes
Country USA
Production Companies
Rent Productions LLC, 1492 Pictures, Revolution Studios, Tribeca Productions
Studio Sony Pictures Classics
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Rent (2005)
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Rent Reviews |
Mention AIDS, gay marriage, drug addition, and drag queens and some people will automatically tune out. This film includes all the above – and it’s a musical – so it may turn off mainstream audiences. “Rent” also requires you to embrace the idea New Yorkers wander the streets and subways singing and dancing. But for those open-minded enough to give it a chance, “Rent” is an experience not to be missed and one of the absolute best movie musicals of the past few decades. [read review] A
--Rebecca Murray (About.com)
Watching it, you get the sense that not a single person involved has any remembrance of what it's like to be a penniless, starving artist, if indeed they ever knew. Jonathan Larson wrote "Rent" from a passion he had, because he burned with ideas he wanted to express. (He died, not of AIDS, weeks before the show opened.).. [read review] C
--Eric D. Snider (EricDSnider.com)
...Rent isn't too bad and if the stage musical is as fantastic as many claim, it certainly did not translate onto the big screen. Oddly, I think Rent is worth just that: a rental. The Rent-heads seem to claim this as a grand piece of cinema which I failed to grasp, although maybe in time it'll grow on me; at least I hope so since I did enjoy some of the music and performances. [read review] 
--Brian Oliver (MovieMansGuide.com)
RENT is mediocre and recommended only to those who can claim a familiarity with the play. Others will likely leave the multiplex with little desire ever to see the production on stage, which is a shame, since that's when RENT pays off. [read review] 
--James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
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