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Rent (2005) Rank 1 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Rent (2005) a score of 2.5734 out of 4
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Rent (2005) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for Dallas Observer (Melissa Levine)Dallas Observer (Melissa Levine)
Rent plays as a very long joke with no punch line, an exercise in mawkish sentimentality that's embarrassing to watch. Kudos to the actors for truly committing to their roles, but with this material, it might have been better if they hadn't. ...read the complete Rent movie review at Dallas Observer (Melissa Levine)
Rent (2005) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
Rent is commodified faux bohemia on a platter, eliciting the same kind of numbing soul-sadness as children's beauty pageants, tiny dogs in expensive boots, Mahatma Gandhi in Apple ads. ...read the complete Rent movie review at Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
Rent (2005) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (Jeffrey Westhoff)Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (Jeffrey Westhoff)
You’ll hear more soul in your parents’ scratchy collection of Ray Conniff albums. ...read the complete Rent movie review at Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (Jeffrey Westhoff)
Rent (2005) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
It comes off like a sequel to the ever-annoying Fame where the kids never moved out of New York or learned anything from Debbie Allen. ...read the complete Rent movie review at efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
Rent (2005) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Lawrence Journal-World (Jon Niccum)Lawrence Journal-World (Jon Niccum)
'Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes.' These opening lyrical lines of Rent also seem to describe how long it takes for a viewer to sit through the movie. ...read the complete Rent movie review at Lawrence Journal-World (Jon Niccum)
Rent (2005) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Whatever qualities powered Rent to its numerous theater awards and long run onstage are missing from this charmless floperetta. ...read the complete Rent movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Rent (2005) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Think Angels In America crossed with Tommy created by someone with no training in the world of drama or songwriting. ...read the complete Rent movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Rent (2005) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Houston Chronicle (--)Houston Chronicle (--)
A mediocre, unimaginative, inefficient filmmaker, Columbus delivers a Rent that isn't so much bad as perfunctory. ...read the complete Rent movie review at Houston Chronicle (--)
Rent (2005) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for Film Threat (Pete Vonder Haar)Film Threat (Pete Vonder Haar)
To paraphrase the play's most famous song: how do you measure the lien against your soul when you're forced to sit through something as forcibly maudlin as Rent? I dunno, but 525,600 minutes is about how long this movie felt at times. ...read the complete Rent movie review at Film Threat (Pete Vonder Haar)
Rent (2005) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
People are always jumping up on tables, bartops, any flat surface available, as if to say 'Who needs nice furniture? Let's scuff the world!' ...read the complete Rent movie review at Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) (Randy Shulman)
 
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Rent (2005) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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