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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Directed by Japan’s monomonikered Hikari, “Rental Family” — a beautifully moving and affably humorous story of ...

The premise of Rental Family sounds preposterous but completely works. A wonderful, charming, sad Brendan Fraser plays struggling American actor Phillip Vandarpleog. He’s lived in Japan for seven ...

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21 (UPI) --Rental Family, in theaters Friday, dramatizes a unique service found in Japan into a story with universal relevance. As star, Brendan Fraser brings sincerity to the ...

Japan boasts about 100 million people packed mostly into a main island smaller than California, and yet the portrait of that nation painted in “Rental Family” is one of rampant, incurable loneliness.

Phillip Vandarpleog is a struggling American actor who traveled to Japan to star in a series of silly toothpaste commercials and stayed to try his luck. But even after years of living in Tokyo, his ...

The return of Brendan Fraser to movies has been full of fun surprises over the past several years. Running time: 103 minutes. Rated PG-13 (some strong language, thematic elements, suggestive material) ...

Actor Brendan Fraser, now 56 years old, has made a wide variety of movies since his career kicked off nearly 35 years ago. From young hunk roles in films like “Encino Man” to box office action star ...

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Brendan Fraser is quietly endearing in this fish-out-of-water tale of an American actor in Tokyo who accepts some highly unusual assignments. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an ...

Hikari’s beautifully moving and affably humorous story of human connection, “Rental Family,” kicks off with one funeral and culminates with another, demonstrating the evolution that our protagonist, ...