Rent (2005)
Directed by Chris Columbus
In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.
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Not helping, probably, is the dumbest romantic resurrection since the one in Far and Away--tacked on to an interminable (really, this thing is endless) running time bloated by an Elizabethtown road trip and, brace yourselves, a documentary film about the principals that just makes you wanna cry, for all the wrong reasons.
The film is well-directed because it’s in the capable hands of Chris Columbus (“Rent” and two of the “Harry Potter” pictures).
Which isn't to say it's a well-made movie – Columbus directed the two flimsiest "Harry Potter" films, a clunky big-screen take on "Rent" and broad McComedies "Mrs.