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Rent Review

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. Among the group are our narrator nerdy love struck filmmaker Mark; the object of his affection his former lover, Maureen; Maureen's Harvard educated public interest lawyer lesbian lover Joanne; Mark's roommate HIV+ former junkie, Roger; Roger's lover the HIV+ drug addicted S&M dancer, Mimi; their former roommate HIV+ computer genius Tom Collins; Collins' HIV+ drag queen street musician lover Angel; and Benjamin Coffin III a former member of the group who married money and has since become their landlord and the opposite of everything they stand for. Shows how much changes or probably doesn't change in the 525,600 minutes that make up a year.

Already a venerated Broadway musical, with fans all over the globe, "Rent" was thought over the years to be the ultimate unfilmable movie: the brass ring of pop musical adaptations.

Rent is an emotional experience, capturing the distress and gloom of the late-80s AIDS era. Larson's book created the urgent feeling of friendship and the desolation of loss, but required the audience to meet the musical halfway. The reason the film version of "Rent" is so successful is found in the intimacy created with the community of artists. Rent" is beautiful, passionate, toe tapping, stirring, and reflective, following the lead set by the Broadway show and taking it to even greater heights.