Rent a Friend

Rent a Friend (2000) is a romantic comedy film directed by Eddy Terstall. The film was produced by Jordaan Film and BNN TV.[1][2]

This article is about the film. For the rental service, see Rental family.
Rent a Friend
Directed byEddy Terstall
Written byEddy Terstall
Produced byMark Heijdeman
Distributed byCinéart, A-Film Distribution
Release dates
  • March 2, 2000 (2000-03-02) (Netherlands)

  • July 6, 2000 (2000-07-06) (Belgium)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch

Plot

Alfred is a talented artist. He does not care to be rich or famous and gives full attention to his artworks and creation. His girlfriend Moniek is a successful writer for a popular soap opera. Alfred's lack of ambition and negligence towards money and material life irritates Moniek, who bases the plot for each soap opera episode on her own life. Alfred discovers Moniek has been conducting an affair with her boss after watching the soap opera, and moves in with his sister after the couple splits. To support himself, he begins offering his services as a friend to strangers at 50 guilders per hour.[3][4]

Cast

Reception

Writing for Variety, David Rooney said the film "feels less spontaneous and fresh than Terstall's prior film Based on the Novel and called it a "slickly produced comedy [that] looks mainly TV-bound [outside its home market]."[5] In a capsule review for Chicago Reader, Ted Shen noted an influence from Woody Allen but called the film "paper-thin" and "sometimes too cute to be effective".[6] Conversely Rotten Tomatoes users stated that 80% of them liked the film with an average score of 3.9 out of 5.[7]

References
  1. Jonathan Crow (2015). "Rent a Friend". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  2. "Rent a Friend". Letterboxd. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  3. "Rent-a-Friend". Movie Meter. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  4. "Rent A Friend (2000)". Film1. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  5. Rooney, David (5 March 2000). "Rent-a-Friend". Variety. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  6. Shen, Ted. "Rent-a-Friend". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  7. Rotten Tomatoes. "Rent-a-Friend". Retrieved 10 February 2019.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.