Rent
Published January 1, 2026
Film info
- Title Rent
- Director Chris Columbus
- Year 2005
- Run time 2hrs 15m
- Genres Drama, Romance
- Tagline No day but today
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.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 2:57 | This song always confuses me because it’s the most famous but doesn’t really play a part in the story. |
| 5:34 | Riding a bike in New York must be terrifying. |
| 12:13 | I’d sort of forgotten how fiscally unsound these characters are. |
| 17:58 | The 80s rock look, leather jacket, blonde spikes, eyeliner. |
| 26:11 | Thank goodness, I’ve been worried about those keys. |
| 35:12 | Excellent tangoing. |
| 44:13 | This always makes me think of Penny. |
| 53:45 | Mark is genuinely the worst cameraman ever. |
| 1:04:11 | She’s so rock and roll, but her name is Maureen. |
| 1:18:46 | “I’m looking for baggage that goes with mine.” |
| 1:29:50 | I really wouldn’t want to leave Maureen in the waiting room either though. |
| 1:37:10 | I like that the group all just follows, they don’t want to miss this. |
| 1:48:03 | I feel like more people would go to Angel’s funeral than that. |
| 2:02:32 | I think Glory is better than Your Eyes. |
| 2:07:41 | No day but today. |
Thoughts
This is another movie that we’ve been trying to fit in around Christmas because it’s sort of set around Christmas/New Year, but also fitting the right mood because it’s not exactly a festive feast. We finally managed it this year and I’m glad to kick off the year with this as the first film. It’s a great musical, although I’m not a fan of all the elements of it (I can live without the cow over the moon nonsense).
I wasn’t sure about all the changes between this and the stage show, they cut quite a lot of mentions of Christmas, and a whole song here and there. And some of the sung through dialogue became conversation, but that worked better than I thought it might. It’s a bit clunky, and the pacing is hard because the first half is joy and love and the second half is emotion and death, but ultimately it’s a great journey.
Rating: 5 / 5
