Overview
- The film is now available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home, with a UK theatrical rollout from 16 January and no confirmed streaming date as coverage points to Disney+ as a likely destination.
- Physical editions on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD are set for 17 February, with pre-orders open.
- Searchlight has issued bonus materials including the Rental Family Revealed making-of featurette and a slate of deleted and extended scenes, with Newsweek premiering an exclusive clip from Aiko’s First Client.
- Reviews from The Independent and Empire commend Fraser’s performance while describing the film as sentimental and light on deeper interrogation of the rental-family industry’s ethics.
- Fraser told Radio Times he hopes the movie serves as an “antidote” to current anxieties and a love letter to Tokyo, as Hikari’s fictional story draws on real Japanese stand-in services dating to the 1990s.