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Rent

Rent

Drama · Romance · 2005

In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.

Movie details

Rent

“No day but today.”

2005 Drama · Romance 2h 15m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.8 / 10

57.2K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

46 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

53 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Rent?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Chris Columbus

Written by

Stephen Chbosky

Anthony Rapp

Anthony Rapp

Mark Cohen

Adam Pascal

Adam Pascal

Roger Davis

Rosario Dawson

Rosario Dawson

Mimi Marquez

Jesse L. Martin

Jesse L. Martin

Tom Collins

Wilson Jermaine Heredia

Wilson Jermaine Heredia

Angel Dumott Schunard

Idina Menzel

Idina Menzel

Maureen Johnson

Tracie Thoms

Tracie Thoms

Joanne Jefferson

Court is in session

Put Rent on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.