Rent – the movie
Jodi and I went to see the movie version of Rent tonight. I had read some early reviews, and wasn’t sure what to expect.
Quick disclaimer – Rent is, I think, the only musical stage production I’ve seen more than once since I used to do theatre work back in high school. It is, unquestionably, my favorite musical theatre production. I clearly have a bias.
Ok, that out of the way, the movie was SPECTACULAR! The acting was great. The music and singing were great. The story was spot on. A definite 4–star production!
I was particularly impressed that they brought a huge chunk of the cast in from the original Broadway musical production to reprise their roles. I was also particularly impressed that Jesse L. Martin was actually in the original cast. Now THAT I had no idea from watching Law and Order. 
In any event – If you’ve seen the musical and liked it, go see it. The movie is in many ways even more forceful (more solid visualizations in the sets, you can see their facial expressions up close, etc). Even if you’ve not seen the musical, you’ll still enjoy the movie.
I sure did!
