Rent Movie Review 2005

Hit Broadway show makes its screen debut, though it all feels just a bit too late. For the uninitiated, the story follows a group of New York squatters and struggling artists in an update of La Boheme. The passion isn't an act--the film cast is the same group that developed the characters on stage. If you dug the musical or have ever been a little lost, young, and broke in a big city, the timing and uber-sentimentality won't matter. Themes of AIDS, homosexuality and drugs may be too much for stuffier viewers.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 128 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Contemporary Musicals, Musical Drama, New York, New York, AIDS, Period Piece: 1980s, Drug Use & Abuse, Gays, Lesbians, Adapted from a Play

Cast

Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs, Jessie L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Idina Menzel, Tracie Thoms

Cinematography

Stephen Goldblatt

Director

Chris Columbus

Music

Rob Cavallo

Other

Nelson Stoll, Matt Sullivan, Richard Pearson, Nanci Starr Noblett, Aggie Guerard Rodgers, Howard Cummings

Producer

Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Chris Columbus, Mark Radcliffe, Michael Barnathan, Revolution Studios, Tribeca Productions, 1492 Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment