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Original title

Rent

Year

2005

Running time

135 min.

Country

United States

Director

Chris Columbus

Screenwriter

Stephen Chbosky. Play: Jonathan Larson

Cast

Music

Jonathan Larson

Cinematography

Stephen Goldblatt

Producer

Revolution Studios, Columbia Pictures

Genre

Musical. Drama | Dancing. Friendship. AIDS. New Year's Eve

Synopsis

This film adaptation of Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village New York. The story centers around Mark (Anthony Rapp) and Roger (Adam Pascal), two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark tries to capture it through his attempts to make a film. In the year that follows, the group deals with love, loss, AIDS, and modern day life in one truly powerful story.

Rankings Position

#102 Best Musical Movies

Awards: 2005: 3 Nominations for Critics' Choice Awards: Best Acting Ensemble, Soundtrack and Song

2005: Satellite Awards: Actress in a Supporting Rol, Comedy or Musical. 4 nominations

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Critics' reviews

"Chris Columbus's film affirms that Rent belongs in the pantheon of immortal musicals celebrating the self-dramatizing and resilient spirit of youth."

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"It is not a bad film. It may be about as good a film as the material can inspire. (...) Those who haven't seen 'Rent' on the stage will sense they're missing something (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"Rent is one of the best film musicals in years -- exuberant, sexy and life affirming in equal measure."

Kirk Honeycutt: The Hollywood Reporter
"The movie is literally a series of showstoppers, unified by the impulse to turn life, at its scruffiest, into theater - into a rhapsody of the everyday."

Owen Gleiberman: Entertainment Weekly
"Cards on the table: rock operas pretty much suck except for 'Tommy.'"

Angie Errigo: Empire
"It's a pretty good version of a pretty great stage phenomenon"

Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
"As a conventional drama, 'Rent' would be a pretty corny soap opera. As filmed theater, it's only slightly more convincing"

Jack Mathews: New York Daily News
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66 My Favorite Musicals (51)

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