As a fan of musicals, I adore the new “Rent” film. But as a critic, I confess that it wavers between being brilliant and flawed, clean and awkward, relevant and irrelevant. Attempts to turn songs like “One Song Glory” and “What You Own” into music videos are misbegotten, but “Take Me or Leave Me,” “Out Tonight,” and “Santa Fe” stand out as creatively conceived. Chris Columbus’ realism adds and detracts from the original stage production; but in the end, the film comes across as loud, proud, shameless, sentimental, thrilling art so electrified that it threatens to smash through the movie screen. Not in 525,600 years will you find a film so passionate.
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