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Actor(s): Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Rosario Dawson, Jesse L. Martin, Wilson Jermaine Heredia
Director(s): Chris Columbus
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drug Content
Movie Release: 2005
DVD Release: 02/21/2006
Format: DVD - Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English, French
Subtitles: English, French
SwapaDVD Credits: 2
Number of Discs: 2
Run Time: 2 hrs 15 mins
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Total Copies: 27
Genres: Musical, Musical Drama
See Also: Rent [UMD for PSP], Rent [Fullscreen] [Special Edition], Rent [Widescreen], Rent [Blu-ray]

DVD Synopsis

This film adaptation of the Broadway musical based loosely on Puccini's opera La Boh�me features many members of the original cast. It follows a year in the lives of seven friends living the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle in New York's East Village. AIDS and both its physical and emotional complications pervade the lives of Roger (Adam Pascal), Mimi (Rosario Dawson), Tom (Jesse L. Martin), and Angel (Wilson Jermaine Heredia); Maureen (Idina Menzel) deals with her chronic infidelity through performance art; her partner, Joanne (Tracie Thoms), wonders if their relationship is worth the trouble; Benjamin (Taye Diggs) has sold out his Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income and is on the outs with his former friends; and Mark (Anthony Rapp), an aspiring filmmaker, feels like an outsider to life in general, always behind the camera recording the events but never playing a part. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide

Actors

Anthony Rapp - Mark Cohen
Adam Pascal - Roger Davis
Rosario Dawson - Mimi Marquez
Jesse L. Martin - Tom Collins
Wilson Jermaine Heredia - Angel Dumont Schunard

Member Movie Reviews

Sarah F. (sarahf220) from BALTIMORE, MD wrote on 3/19/2009...

0 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Amazing, inspiring, and a good cause. You'll love the music- and check out the show if you ever get time, its phenomenal!

Vanessa V. (sevenspiders) wrote on 3/13/2009...

2 of 5 member(s) found this review helpful.

I'm a sucker for musicals, I just love it when the characters sing their hearts out about their joys or troubles.

But I couldn't stand this musical. I didn't see the show, but from the movie, I'd have no desire to. All but two of the characters are entirely incredibly self-centered, but we're meant to pity them and their tragic plight? Did I miss something? Why do they think (as they sing in the opening number) that they should be exempt from paying rent like the rest of the world? Why does the heroine think its acceptable for her to cheat on her loving, supportive life-partner at their commitment ceremony? Some of the songs are catchy-ish, but the overall attitude of the characters grated through the whole thing. Yuck. AIDS awareness deserves a better musical.