Thread: RENT! the movie
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Old 11-23-2005, 01:27 PM
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Originally posted by Taualumna
...they decided to set the movie in 1989-1990 while the stage production doesn't really have a time.

The stage production is pretty firmly set in 1989-90, even if not explicitly stated.

The Onion AV Club, who generally has very solid reviewers, took a dump on the movie:

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With a single blow of their satirical hammer, Trey Parker and Matt Stone obliterated Rent with Team America: World Police's "Everyone Has AIDS," a song that perfectly captures the Broadway phenomenon's jarring, almost surreal juxtaposition of "gritty" subject matter and gee-whiz pep rally execution. But someone neglected to inform Sony, which is now releasing a long-awaited, long-overdue film adaptation that plays like Last Exit To Brooklyn as reinterpreted by Up With People . . .

check it at http://avclub.com/content/node/42845
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