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As an avid fan of the Broadway musical, I was afraid that any movie adaptation would lose something in the process, but I was more than pleasantly surprised by the film. I laughed, I cried, and enjoyed the same Rent I loved when I saw it on stage. The new additions were not unwelcome, and did nothing to spoil the original beauty of the show. If you liked the show, you'll love the movie! (And if you haven't seen the Broadway production, you'll probably still love the film.)

Director Chris Columbus, a Rent fan himself, has made a work of love, and it absolutely shows. Heartwarming, heartbreaking, and real, this movie is everything I could have asked for.

While perusing the racks of my local Blockbuster, my friends and I were set on "Adaptation," the intelligent movie with Nick Cage. But then I saw "Terror Toons" on the shelf and we just had to get it, being in a silly mood.

The film (or video, I should say, since the movie is actually shot on video, NOT on film), which was shot in three days on a budget of $2300, was entertaining, if anything. The actors, who were quite obviously porn stars attempting to make a legitimate movie, were pretty awful; the special effects were creative, although visually unappealing and unnecessarily gory; the storyline...well...we'll just say the storyline is centered around cartoon characters who murder people. But with their acting skills, they deserve to be murdered.

Special cameos by the Devil create some weird morality issues, but by the time you get to the end, you'll be laughing too hard to pay attention.

If you're looking for a serious horror flick, then this one (which looks as though it was shot in someone's basement) is not what you're looking for. In fact, I'm pretty sure this is a comedy.