Rent Free

Rent Free, dir. Fernando Andrés, 2024 USA, 94 min. 👎

Sunday, June 23, 2024, 3:30 PM, Roxie (not streaming)

(The short “My Best Friend”👏 will run before Rent Free in the in-person presentation, and then in the “Wild Combination” streaming shorts program)

Rent Free

Filmmaker Fernando Andrés had a feature film in Frameline46, Three Headed Beast (not reviewed), and a short in Frameline47, “Knowing Me, Knowing You”👎 (part of the “Shorts: The World Tarot” program).

Jacob and Ben are a couple of obnoxious pathetic losers who graduated college right into the teeth of the pandemic. After a few self-inflicted setbacks, they decide to spend the rest of the year sequentially wearing out their welcome on their friends’ sofas and guest rooms while doing as much of other people’s booze and drugs as possible. I found neither of them relatable or sympathetic or even interesting. Not recommended.

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