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    Rent is a 2005 musical drama film directed by Chris Columbus, based on the Broadway musical of the same name. The film tells the story of a group of friends in New York City struggling with everyday life and issues like AIDS and drug use. Despite the struggles, the film emphasizes the strong bonds of friendship between the characters. It features original Broadway cast members reprising their roles and conveys the emotions of the scenes through singing, even when dealing with heavy topics. The film encourages appreciating life and the value of friendship.

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    Rent is a 2005 musical drama film directed by Chris Columbus, based on the Broadway musical of the same name. The film tells the story of a group of friends in New York City struggling with everyday life and issues like AIDS and drug use. Despite the struggles, the film emphasizes the strong bonds of friendship between the characters. It features original Broadway cast members reprising their roles and conveys the emotions of the scenes through singing, even when dealing with heavy topics. The film encourages appreciating life and the value of friendship.

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    Rent is a 2005 musical drama film directed by Chris Columbus, based on the Broadway musical of the same name. The film tells the story of a group of friends in New York City struggling with everyday life and issues like AIDS and drug use. Despite the struggles, the film emphasizes the strong bonds of friendship between the characters. It features original Broadway cast members reprising their roles and conveys the emotions of the scenes through singing, even when dealing with heavy topics. The film encourages appreciating life and the value of friendship.

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    RENT MOVIE REVIEW

    “Rent” tells a story of a group of people who are struggling through life added by the issue of
    AIDS. Rent was premiered in 1996 as a musical play— which was based on Giacomo Puccini’s
    “La Bohème”— before it became a film which was directed by Chris Columbus. It won one
    award and twenty-one (21) nominations when it was released in 2005. Although it was a musical
    drama film, I would still suggest that proper guidance of the elderly should be practiced for this
    film contains sensitive topics that may need proper explanation and open mindedness of an
    individual.
    Brave, I must say that this film is a brave film because it discusses not just the battle of life
    against AIDS but also the battle of life with love. The story includes same sex relationship, which
    is not fully accepted during the time it was created. Aside from that, the film also shows the
    sensitive issues (especially for us Filipinos) like drugs and AIDS. These are the topics which is
    not usually discussed in most films, which is why I think the story, musical or in film, is
    courageous enough to give a story as controversial as this to the public.
    Despite the struggles, one great thing I found about the story is the strong bond of friendship
    and relationships. No matter what they’ve went through, even if they’ve parted ways, in the end,
    they would always come back to each other holding tightly to the friendship that they’ve
    established.
    According to IMDb.com’s trivia section, “Taye Diggs (Benny), Wilson Jermaine Heredia (Angel),
    Jesse L. Martin (Collins), Idina Menzel (Maureen), Adam Pascal (Roger), and Anthony Rapp
    (Mark) are all from the Original Broadway Cast of “Rent” in 1996 and are playing their original
    roles.” Which made sense, for the emotions of each scene were conveyed well even though the
    actors are singing. They were able to give the heaviness of the scenes despite the light feeling
    that the songs give. It takes a brave film maker to create a film like this, but braver actors to give
    life to the characters. We couldn’t deny that in every film, we all have our favorites… but in this
    one, they are all my favorite for they all gave justice to the characters they have.

    The soundtrack is one of my favorite things in this movie, it gives so much warmth in my heart.
    The emotion that the composer— Jonathan Larson— invested in every song was pierced
    through the audience. It made me want to sing, dance, and believe in love and hold on to life
    more no matter how tough it is. Though at some points, the scenes which are supposed to be
    heavy, become lighter because of the songs, I believe they balanced the mood of the film well
    with the songs and dialogues.

    Life, as we all know, is tough but so are we. Aside from a imperishable music that will be sung
    even by the next generations, Rent gives lessons that will continue to connect with the youth
    even for a long time. Mark, Collins, Angel, Roger, Mimi, Joanne and Maureen showed us how to
    cope with our lives even if it throw us a dozen of lemons. Let us take time to watch Rent, and
    more movies like this. Hopefully after watching the movie, we all learn the value of friendship,
    give love a chance and love our lives even if we are walking through rough roads, because (as
    cliché as it may sound) we only live once. Don’t we?

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