Brendan Fraser captured our hearts — on and off-screen — with his Oscar-winning performance in The Whale a few years ago when he made his big return to acting. Now the Brenaissance continues with another buzzworthy movie that’s destined to punch us right in the emotional gut. Rental Family premieres on the 2025 movie calendar on November 21, and critics are here to share their opinions on the upcoming dramedy.

Rental Family comes to us from celebrated female director Hikari, who is making her English-language feature directorial debut. Brendan Fraser stars as Phillip, an American actor living in Tokyo, where he’s hired to play friends or family members in customers’ real lives. CinemaBlend’s Sarah El-Mahmoud said the film had a deep emotional impact on her , and Johnny Olek

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