'Rental Family' spotlights real-life Japanese businesses that offer fill-in relatives, friends

Ryuichi Ichinokawa's life could be right out of the movie “Rental Family” as the founder nearly two decades ago of the Heart ...

The Real-Life Inspiration Behind ‘Rental Family’: Can You Actually Hire People to Do That?

Brendan Fraser tells TheWrap about real-life rental family services that he learned about thanks to his new film ...

Brendan Fraser Challenges The Internet To Find His '90s Japanese Jean Ad

Brendan Fraser dishes on his new movie "Rental Family," where he plays a struggling actor who lands an unusual gig as a ...

How Brendan Fraser Confronted His Loneliness in ‘Rental Family’ and His Warning on AI Acting: ‘It Strikes Me as a Form of Plagiarism’

Three years after his triumphant Oscar win for “The Whale,” Brendan Fraser has found his next deeply personal project in an ...
HollywoodChicago.com

Podtalk, Review: Director Hikari Sets Up the ‘Rental Family’

Select ratingCancel ratingPoorOkayGoodGreatAwesome No votes yet CHICAGO – One of the more fascinating Fall films is a ...
The Daily of the University of Washington

Review: ‘Rental Family’

From Joseph Kosinski’s “F1” to James Gunn’s “Superman,” 2025 has, without a doubt, been a year filled with standout projects. Amid an era of such highly anticipated releases, I never would’ve thought ...
High Plains Reader

All in the ‘Rental Family’

High Plains Reader is published weekly from its offices in downtown Fargo, ND. HPR features the best in local news, arts and ...

‘Rental Family’ cowriter Stephen Blahut reveals the ‘most meaningful’ scene from the Oscar hopeful

Those global experiences helped inform Rental Family, a tender drama starring Brendan Fraser as an American actor who has ...