Rent Is This Thing On? (2025)
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- Synopsis:
- As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex (Will Arnett) faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene, while Tess (Laura Dern) confronts the sacrifice she made for their family - forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form.
- Actors:
- Will Arnett, Laura Dern, Andra Day, Bradley Cooper, Blake Kane, Calvin Knegten, Scott Icenogle, Sean Hayes, Ciarán Hinds, Christine Ebersole, Amy Sedaris, Peyton Manning, Chloe Radcliffe, Jordan Jensen, James Tom, Reggie Conquest, Gabe Fazio, Elizabeth Furiati, Michele Brilliant, Daddy
- Directors:
- Bradley Cooper
- Producers:
- Bradley Cooper, Weston Middleton, Kris Thykier, Will Arnett
- Writers:
- Bradley Cooper, Will Arnett, Mark Chappell, John Bishop
- Aka:
- ¿Está funcionando esto?
- Studio:
- Searchlight Pictures
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 13/04/2026
- Run Time:
- 120 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
- Subtitles:
- Czech, Danish, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- MIC Drop: Making 'Is This Thing On?': Go behind the scenes as filmmakers and cast share the inspirations for the story, working with a remarkable ensemble, and how the comedy sets were developed
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Reviews (1) of Is This Thing On?
Stand-Up Therapy, Sit-Down Ending - Is This Thing On? review by griggs
Alex is halfway out the door — a marriage wobbling, two kids in the middle, and nobody quite saying the quiet bit out loud. Then he stumbles into stand-up the way some people stumble into therapy: by accident, then out of necessity. The big question in Is This Thing On? isn’t “is he funny?” so much as “is he honest?” — and whether honesty onstage counts if you can’t manage it at home.
I also liked the place of it. The real streets and comedy clubs of New York City give the film a lived-in hum, and any film that swings by Grand Central Terminal is always going to get extra credit from me. Comfort-food geography for the cinephile brain.
Then Bradley Cooper turns up as “Balls” and, to my eyes, seems to be doing a Jason Mantzoukas impression — and I honestly can’t work out why, because the character adds little to the proceedings.
And yes, the couple end up back together again. Of course they do. It’s too likeable to do anything braver — thoughtful, but a bit too tidy.