Rent Control (2002) (TV)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

David Eric Brenner

Writer:

David Eric Brenner (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

All's Fair in Love and Rent

Plot:

An attractive couple in their early 20's, Holly and Calvin arrive in the Big Apple fresh from Iowa. They are optimistic...

Plot Keywords:

Apartment Building | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Melissa Joan Hart	...	Holly Washburn
Ryan Browning	...	Calvin
Carmen Electra	...	Audrey
Andrew Kavovit	...	Dennis
Don Novello	...	Rico
Joseph D. Reitman	...	Vincent
Lynne Marie Stewart	...	Aunt Agatha
Joel Michaely	...	Peter
Beege Barkette	...	Claire Fealy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ric Borelli	...	Sleazy Building Manager
Alan Dale	...	George
Gerard Facchini	...	Serpico
Jamielyn Kane	...	Cute Redhead
Ian Kitzmiller	...	Tom
Nicole Marie Lenz
Richard Livingston	...	Leonard Lasso
Ron Perkins	...	Gene
Shirley Prestia	...	Aunt Rose
Earl Schuman	...	Iggy

Also Known As:

Aunt Agatha's Apartment (Australia)

Runtime:

Philippines:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Shankly Productions

Trivia:

Originally completed in 2002, but officially released in September 2005 as part of the ABC Family Movies imprint ("Pizza My Heart" "School Of Life").

Soundtrack:

Squibby's Monkey Whistle

Hilariously awful- for the love of God, don't show to your children.

My friends and I were hanging out and came upon this movie completely by accident. We watched it for a good twenty minutes, our mouths hanging open.

What can't be emphasized enough- what I'm still reeling from- is how this managed to be screened on the ABC Family channel. If I were a parent, I'd be appalled, likely, making phone calls about it. How a movie featuring an endless parade of weirdos- including a sadomasochist (!!)and a necrophiliac (!!!!)- and centering on a couple's attempts to rid themselves of an old lady's body, could ever be construed as "family" entertainment is mind-boggling. "Rent Control" is only a family movie insomuch as it features Melissa Joan Hart- having not developed one jot as an actor since her kid-stardom- and is wretched in that particular way that afflicts most children's films: simplistic, poorly shot, with terrible jokes and lines of duologue- really, whole scenes- that make no sense. Basically, it's a film about perverts geared toward five-year-olds. I'm the last one to talk about Hollywood corruption of the youth, but, holy sh**.