Rent

2005
PG-13
2h 15m

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6.8/10

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Dark Comedy Rock Musical Drama Musical Romance

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.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.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.

Director
- Chris Columbus
Writers
- Jonathan Larson
- Stephen Chbosky
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

56K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,813

Director
- Chris Columbus
Writers
- Jonathan Larson
- Stephen Chbosky
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 22 nominations

Videos16

Photos280

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Trivia
The New Year's Eve sequence was turned into an actual party for the cast and crew, and the celebrating was real.

Goofs
In Today 4 U, Angel sings " Like Thelma and Louise did when they got the blues..." The scene takes place in 1989, more than a year before Thelma & Louise (1991) came out.

Quotes
Mimi, Joanne: I'd be happy to die for a taste of what Angel had! Someone to live for, unafraid to say I love you.

Crazy credits
Thank you, Jonathan Larson

Alternate versions
The delayed echoing effect that is heard when a character is speaking directly into the microphone for Maureen's protest does not occur on the DVD if you have a mono television soundtrack.

Connections
Featured in No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent' (2006)

Soundtracks
Seasons of Love
Written by Jonathan Larson
Performed by Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Idina Menzel, Jesse L. Martin, Adam Pascal, Tracie Thoms, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, and Anthony Rapp

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Featured review

8/10

An excellent adaptation of the stage musical

"Rent" is an excellent adaptation of the stage musical. It is handsomely filmed and very well acted. The movie version takes the story out into city's real locations.

Most of this movie is singing, but it is so well done it never breaks the 'suspension of disbelief' that as an audience we grant the fiction we are watching.

This 'rock operetta' is about a group loft-dwelling 'Bohemian' New Yorkers, some of whom have AIDS. The stage version has a devoted following of 'Rentheads' including director Chris Columbus, for whom this film was a labor of love.

I saw it with several young people and they really connected with the story's message of friendship, tolerance and living every day to the fullest. Some elderly members of the audience thought the music was being played too loud and they couldn't identify with the lifestyle depicted in the story.

This movie could attain the cult status of the stage musical.