Rent is a 2005 film by director Chris Columbus. Not to be confused with Christopher Columbus, man who sailed the ocean blue, but Chris Columbus, director of critically acclaimed films such as Home Alone and serving as executive producer on critically acclaimed films such as The Lighthouse. Rent is the story of a young entrepreneur named Benjamin “Benny” Coffin III, who seeks to develop an impoverished area of New York City. Benny himself once lived in this impoverished area until he managed to secure an investment from his father in law. However, Benny’s tenants are deadbeat anarchists who killed his dog. Benny actually lived with these tenants for years, and after two years of them not paying, Benny finally decided it was time to do something about this, so he cuts off their power for a day. He tells them he will restore it, if they agree not to protest his plan to build a studio to develop the region and provide employment for a majority of his tenants. Naturally, they tell him to piss off and later make fun of a death in his family after he makes the difficult decision to put down the protest after one of them punches a police officer. Rent is an intense political drama about Benny’s difficult decision to turn on his friends and descent into madness as he realizes that his friends only ever cared about him when he was struggling, and hate him when he found success. I’m actually lying. Benny is actually the villain of the story. His tenants are the protagonists. All of the main characters range from self centered and rude, to actual horrible people who should probably be in prison. I find it almost impossible to relate to any of the characters on any level. They are all super un relatable and it makes the movie really hard to get into for me. The music was pretty  good though. But unfortunately, that really is the highest praise I can give it. The story behind it really is bad in my opinion.