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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

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TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

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.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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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.