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Rental Family - Brendan Fraser (contains some spoilers)
Posted on 1/15/26 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 1/15/26 at 4:36 pm
Before I get to the spoilers in the second paragraph onward, I'll say it's a very well made film. It's a movie you can watch to feel both high and low emotions, but not come away feeling drained. Fraser was great in it, as was the supporting cast. It's not a super heavy movie, which I appreciate. It was a feel-good movie without leaning on too many played out feel-good tropes. It has enough humor mixed with some pretty heavy stuff to keep things from just being a complete downer. And it's a visually beautiful movie.
Now, on to spoilers:
1/3 of the way in I didn't really know where it was going. I was unsure if he was going to get with the Mom, or struggle leaving the girl to go to the job in Korea, and I kind of rolled my eyes at the thought of that being the plot, but I'm so glad they didn't do either of those and instead squashed those ideas halfway through and went for a more "genuine" third act.
The jail break with Kikuo was wonderfully emotional both up and down.
I don't quite know how I describe the emotion I felt during the mother/daughter scene where the girl silently forgives her mom while the mom silently hurts because of what she had to do. Bittersweet isn't the right word, but it's something related to that, maybe.
The reveal that that Shinji's family were actors was a sort, "damn, that's pretty messed up. I feel bad for the guy now."
Now, on to spoilers:
1/3 of the way in I didn't really know where it was going. I was unsure if he was going to get with the Mom, or struggle leaving the girl to go to the job in Korea, and I kind of rolled my eyes at the thought of that being the plot, but I'm so glad they didn't do either of those and instead squashed those ideas halfway through and went for a more "genuine" third act.
The jail break with Kikuo was wonderfully emotional both up and down.
I don't quite know how I describe the emotion I felt during the mother/daughter scene where the girl silently forgives her mom while the mom silently hurts because of what she had to do. Bittersweet isn't the right word, but it's something related to that, maybe.
The reveal that that Shinji's family were actors was a sort, "damn, that's pretty messed up. I feel bad for the guy now."
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Posted on 1/15/26 at 4:40 pm to BottomlandBrew
It's been my favorite movie of the year so far. I thoroughly enjoyed it. And I appreciated not having a traditional "happy ending". Typical Hollywood movie would have had him and mom falling in love.
Posted on 1/15/26 at 5:05 pm to sportsaddit68
I see I wasn't the only one to snag the torrent as soon as it came out, 
It was an interesting movie. Pretty different of a story and enjoyable. Fraser did an awesome job, and the other cast really did a great job too.
It was an interesting movie. Pretty different of a story and enjoyable. Fraser did an awesome job, and the other cast really did a great job too.
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