‘Rental Family’ Rotten Tomatoes Verified Audience Score Thread

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Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter: Hot

Audience Says: N/A

Verified Audience Score History:

• 97% (4.6/5) at 100+

Rotten Tomatoes: Certified Fresh

Critics Consensus: A sweet-natured dramedy about faking human connection until you make it, Rental Family provides Brendan Fraser an ideal showcase for his sensitive star power while backing him up with a terrific ensemble.

Metacritic: 68 (29 Reviews)

SYNOPSIS:

Set against modern-day Tokyo, RENTAL FAMILY follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese "rental family" agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients' worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality. Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection.

CAST:

• Brendan Fraser as Phillip Vandarploeug
• Takehiro Hira as Shinji
• Mari Yamamoto as Aiko
• Shannon Gorman as Mia Kawasaki
• Akira Emoto as Kikuo Hasegawa

DIRECTED BY: HIKARI

SCREENPLAY BY: HIKARI, Stephen Blahut

PRODUCED BY: Eddie Vaisman, Julia Lebedev, HIKARI, Shin Yamaguchi

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Stephen Blahut, Brendan Fraser, Tomo Koizumi, Leonid Lebedev, Oren Moverman, Jennifer Semler

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Takurô Ishizaka

PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Norihiro Isoda, Masako Takayama

EDITED BY: Alan Baumgarten, Thomas A. Krueger

COSTUME DESIGNER: Meg Mochizuki

MUSIC BY: Jon Thor Birgisson, Alex Somers

CASTING BY: Kei Kawamura, Yumi Takada

RUNTIME: 103 Minutes

RELEASE DATE: November 21, 2025