2005 · drama · romance · music
Rent
Directed by Chris Columbus2h 15m2005
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.
Our read: Rent (2005) reads as a warm, kinetic, grounded drama · romance · music entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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How Rent feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want big rock-musical feelings about bohemian New York love and loss.”
Skip it tonight — Musical earnestness, AIDS themes, or two-plus hours of songs feel heavy tonight.
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