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‘Rent Free’ Review: Couch Surfing Becomes an Endurance Test in Droll Cringe Comedy
Fernando Andres’ 'Rent Free' follows two heroes staying afloat in an Austin, Texas no longer accommodating towards slackers.
Hoping to turn imminent homelessness into an adventure, the duo make a plan inspired by their day of economical entertainment in Manhattan: They’ll spend the next 12 months hopping from one friend’s abode to another, putting aside all income saved on rent towards a permanent return to NYC. Andres and his returning co-writer Tyler Rugh made an intriguing feature debut four years with “Three Headed Beast”: an almost dialogue-free fictive portrait of an open marriage that turns into a menage a trois. Anders’ own cinematography and editing (Drew Levin shot the opening New York sequences) are astute and their willingness to mix up tones and tactics is echoed in Austin Weber’s original score and music supervisor Livy Rodriguez-Behar’s diverse selection of preexisting tracks.
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