Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Candida It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Gordon-11 This film is a musical journey though a bohemian neighbourhood, with most residents living their own dream but struggling to pay even last year's rent.Being a landlord myself, it makes me cringe when they sing about not paying last year's rent, this year's rent and next year's rent. Maybe that's why I never got into the film. I find the characters sing far too repetitively, with one message stretching minutes. I got it the first time, please don't repeat it for the twentieth time!The Broadway musical is about Aids, but in thus film adaptation it is sidelined by constant bickering and erm... very expressive and passionate communication. I just find the film really boring, which is quite unfortunate as I have heard so many good things about it.

deundrewright In this timeless classic, viewers are shown the true power of love. It shows the lives of eight misfits trying to make it in New York City. As the movie goes along you got an inside look at what each character struggles with and What lessons they learn. Many times in the movie, the characters learn that love is a very powerful voice that can sometimes save lives. Time and time throughout the movie we see the characters celebrate life , even in the face of death. They continuously help each other up when the other has fallen. This movies is one of the best portrayals of real life events and struggles. The story of Jonathan Larson is a very powerful one. The night before Rent's first preview, Jonathan went to his dress rehearsal, and later went back to his apartment where he died. Ever since his passing, Jonathan Larson has become an instant sensation.

snperera i love love Rent! i remember the day i watched it with my sister and i was wondering why they were singing and then we realized that it was a musical. Omg what talent and what acting!!!!!!! Such an inspiring and great movie, it will forever be one of my favorite movies of all time. truly moving and showed people realities living in new york at that time. It was so so so great and i just couldn't believe it. It had such heart and depth and it had a great message about how we need to live each day to the last. we need to live no day but today. Rent inspired me greatly and it changed my life. I got into Broadway and made me have a love for musical theatre like never before.

ced_tha_chozen As I watched rent I took notice of the fact that throughout the film the writer as well as the director made sure the audience understood the connection between renting a place and living life. Throughout the film it shows the audience how life is flailing and temporal just as renting is. The film is very interesting in its approach on showing each scenario as the plot and storyline unfolds. The director uses music in this film not just as a back drop or transitional vehicle between scenes and plot formation; but instead, it has its own identity and way of helping the story unfold. In this film music is used to help bridge the gap between several different elements within its plot, some of them are the gap between 2 socio economic groups, the gap between the reality and what's seen. At various times throughout the film, the director used prominent events to set the tone, and the music that accompanied the scene helped to the lead the audience on a visual and emotional journey with the actors in order to understand what as transpiring within the scene and plot sequence. There was one scene that really grabbed my attention within the film; it was the progression of the HIV virus and death of Angel. The were 2 things that I noticed about this particular event in the plot sequence, firstly Angel's death shows the frailty of life and that life is truly synonymous to renting in that renting is temporary and once your lease is up you must move, likewise once your "lease" on life is up you die. I also noted that the music that accompanied the scene was very solemn. The music throughout this film told an ongoing to story that coincided with the things that were being portrayed through the acting; I believe that music in this film was well thought out and planned well. The music was strategically placed to make sure the audience remained engaged throughout the film. Rent is a film that is timeless, it's message still speaks and it's a film that can be enjoyed over and over without any loss of interest.