Rent Rental Family (2025)
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- Synopsis:
- In this heartfelt film, Brendan Fraser portrays an American actor in Tokyo struggling to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig with a Japanese 'rental family' agency playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients' worlds, he forms genuine bonds and rediscovers purpose and the quiet beauty of human connection.
- Actors:
- Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Paolo Andrea Di Pietro, Shinji Ozeki, Takao Kin, Risa Kameda, Yuma Sonan, Kana Kitty, Gan Furukawa, Yuji Komatsu, Ryôko Osada, Helen Sadler, Kaoru Mizuki, Shôhei Uno, Sonoe Mizoguchi, Keiji Yamashita, Fumiya Kimura, Yuki Kimura, Tsutomu Osabe
- Directors:
- Mitsuyo Miyazaki
- Producers:
- Mitsuyo Miyazaki, Julia Lebedev, Eddie Vaisman, Shin Yamaguchi
- Writers:
- Mitsuyo Miyazaki, Stephen Blahut
- Aka:
- Gia Đình Cho Thuê
- Studio:
- Walt Disney
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Comedy, Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 16/03/2026
- Run Time:
- 109 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 5.1, Latin American Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Danish, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, German, Italian, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Various
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Rental Family Revealed - Join Brendan Fraser, director Hikari and the Japanese cast tor an intimate behind-the-scenes look at the film
- Deleted/Exlended Scenes
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Reviews (1) of Rental Family
Tears for Hire - Rental Family review by griggs
Hikari’s Rental Family means well—almost too well. It’s so eager to move you it practically pokes you in the eye. The premise, about a lonely man hired to play a father figure for strangers, should be fertile ground for tenderness and reflection. And for a while it is. The performances are gentile, the tone warm, and the message clear: everyone wants to belong somewhere.
But for all its sincerity, the film can’t resist tugging too hard on teh heartstrings. Every emotional beat feels timed to the second, every reaction a little too rehearsed. What might have been quietly moving turns syrupy, leaving the aftertaste of something sweet but artificial.
Hikari directs with care and empathy, and there’s no denying the craft. Still, it confuses sentiment with substance—heart over depth. Rental Familyoffers plenty of feeling; it just doesn't leave much room for yours.