Atom User Reviews for Rental Family
“Rental Family” punches you in the face with the emotional rollercoaster it takes you on. An easy 10/10 and would def watch again!
Brendan Fraser was phenomenal.
A beautiful story of loneliness and human connection
This is not what it is hyped up to be, I have seen better and this not one of his best. I Should have waited until streaming service not worth the trip
Left me thinking!
Incredibly heartfelt and sincere! Brendan Fraser is phenomenal. Such a precious human being. I was so touched by the story. Bring tissues!
Brandon Fraser does a great job in bringing you into this feel good movie about human emotional need. I thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end.
This was a great movie, you definitely will shed a tear or two.
Is this the best movie of the year? A completely original idea with all the feels.
Metacritic
Fraser walks through this aggressively sappy drama with the aura of simple goodness that has served him well. But such concentrated radiance starts to feel like a denial of the painful reality Rental Family ignores. The movie wants to give you a hug, but you may be tempted to slap it across the face.
Rental Family, directed by Hikari, displays an almost admirable amount of restraint in its tear jerking, opting for quieter moments of grace rather than overdone emotion. In fact, it’s so restrained that Fraser’s Phillip Vandarpleog is not much of a character at all, and you leave itching for more of his inner life.
Rental Family could have gone deeper, darker, and more boldly into the oddities of the human rental market. But that would be a different film. It seems silly to come down too hard on this good-natured comedy-drama––especially for offering a much more impressive performance than the one that earned Fraser an Oscar.
