Rental Family
Review by Mark Woodring
It’s no lie that Brendan Fraser is undergoing a career renaissance, and rightly so, as his Oscar-wining performance in The Whale demonstrated, and who may have surpassed that performance here.
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103 Minutes, Rated PG-13
Written by Hikari, Stephen Blahut
Directed by Hikari
Synopsis:
An American actor in Tokyo struggling to find purpose lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese “rental family” agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. He rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the beauty of human connection.
Rental Family visits theaters Friday, November 20 and stars Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Kimura Bun, Shannon Gorman, and Akira Emoto.
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