Rent

About Rent

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.

Rent is a 2005 romance film directed by Chris Columbus. It runs 135 minutes and was released in November 2005.

Anthony Rapp stars as Mark Cohen, Adam Pascal as Roger Davis, Rosario Dawson as Mimi Marquez, and Jesse L. Martin as Tom Collins. Written by Stephen Chbosky. Production companies include 1492 Pictures, Revolution Studios, and Tribeca Productions. The story is adapted from a stage production.

Shelv files it under missing person, AIDS, HIV, and rock opera.

The Normal Heart, Rent, and Bohemian Rhapsody make useful companions to Rent, all filed under gay theme and based on play or musical. It scores 6.8 out of 10 from 612 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.