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Brendan Fraser’s Rental Family Lands on PVOD as Blu-ray Arrives Feb. 17

Strong reviews boost interest in Hikari’s Tokyo-set drama about a hired stand-in service.

Overview

  • The film is now available via premium digital retailers including Prime Video, Apple TV, Fandango at Home and YouTube Movies & TV, listed at $24.99 to purchase with rentals typically $5 less.
  • A physical Blu-ray release is scheduled for Feb. 17.
  • TheWrap premiered an exclusive deleted scene featuring Brendan Fraser and Mari Yamamoto tied to the digital rollout.
  • Reception remains strong with an 88% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 96% audience rating on RT’s Popcornmeter.
  • The drama, directed and co-written by Hikari with a score by Jónsi and Alex Somers, earned about $11.2 million worldwide and draws on a real Japanese rental-family service reported to date back to the 1980s.