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Set against modern-day Tokyo, RENTAL FAMILY follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he ...

The new film follows Fraser's character, an actor named Phillip Vandarploeug, who lands an unusual gig at a Japanese "rental family" agency to play a stand-in role for strangers. The job becomes much ...

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A heartfelt look at Rental Family’s final shrine scene. Here's how Philip’s discovery of self-worth and inner connection ...

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It isn’t difficult to see why Brendan Fraser decided to choose the drama Rental Family as his follow-up to The Whale.

Brendan Fraser is endearing in Japanese director Hikari's second feature, but it tries too hard to tug at our heartstrings.

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