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

Hikari’s beautifully moving and affably humorous story of human connection, “Rental Family,” kicks off with one funeral and ...

Rental Family delivers a flawless performance from Brendan Fraser and an untouchable ensemble cast including Shogun's ...

TOKYO (AP) — Ryuichi Ichinokawa’s life could be right out of the movie “Rental Family” as the founder nearly two decades ago ...

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 ...

Searchlight Pictures' TIFF-premiering Rental Family and two Sundance prize-winning documentaries — Cutting Through Rocks and ...

In this gentle comedy from the one-named Japanese director Hikari, an agency specializes in providing actors to make life's ...

Sometimes, an actor is so well suited for a part that you can forgive the movie’s weaknesses. Rental Family is a perfect ...

While Vaisman knew his big brother was a volunteer, Mia has no idea in the film that Phillip isn’t her real father, nor that ...

I’m not ready to call it the best film of 2025, but it might just be my favorite.

RENTAL FAMILY follows a lonely American actor in Japan whose life is changed positively while working for a strange company that ...

Brendan Fraser and Akira Emoto in RENTAL FAMILY. Photo by James Lisle/Searchlight Pictures. © 2025 Searchlight Pictures. All Rights Reserved. There is unexpected depth in RENTAL FAMILY, a ...