‘Rental Family’ Review: Brendan Fraser In A Gentle Family Comedy About Finding Human Connection In Japan – Toronto Film Festival

Brendan Fraser reveals reaction to ‘Rental Family’ storyline

Brendan Fraser has recently weighed in on the themes of his new movie, Rental Family.The Mummy star reflected on his interaction with his movie's director Hikari, after receiving standing ovation...

Brendan Fraser gets emotional after 'Rental Family' standing ovation at TIFF

Fraser and his director, Hikari, received a standing ovation after the film's premiere at TIFF. Searchlight PicturesBrendan Fraser is the kind of actor who tends to wear his heart on his sleeve, and he did so again at the premiere of his new film, Rental Family, at the Toronto International Film Festival.On Saturday night, after the audience of the Royal Alexandra Theatre roared in a standing ovation for Fraser and his director, Hikari (Beef, 37…

‘Rental Family’ Review: Brendan Fraser In A Gentle Family Comedy About Finding Human Connection In Japan – Toronto Film Festival

When I heard the first movie Brendan Fraser chose to do after winning the Best Actor Oscar for The Whale was a movie called Rental Family, I thought that with that title he was going back to the kind of funny but gimmicky studio comedies he sometimes made earlier in his career. Not so. This […]

‘Rental Family’ Review: Brendan Fraser Fakes It Till He Makes It in Touching Japan-Set Drama

Recently someone asked me what movie I was about to review, which as you can imagine happens a lot. I told them, “It’s this new Brendan Fraser movie called ‘Rental Family.’” That’s when the phone went quiet. Chillingly quiet. After a moment they said they felt bad for Brendan Fraser, because he just won an Oscar and it sounds like he was already starring in another banal family comedy like “Furry Vengeance” — the one where forest critters splash…

‘Rental Family’ Review: Brendan Fraser Sells Happiness in a Gig Economy Drama About the Reality of the Roles We Play

Brendan Frasier stars in the new movie 'Rental Family.' Read our TIFF review.

‘Rental Family’ Review: Brendan Fraser Gets a Stellar Star Vehicle in Hikari’s Clever Comic Heartwarmer

Brendan Fraser plays an actor living in Tokyo who begins working for a company that provides performers for role-play situations in 'Rental Family.