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Michael Balderston

Rental Family: release date, trailer, cast, plot and everything we know about the Brendan Fraser movie

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Brendan Fraser in Rental Family.

In his first lead role since his Oscar-winning performance in The Whale, Brendan Fraser stars in the 2025 new movie Rental Family, which is inspired by a real service that is available in Japan.

If you’re not aware, there are companies in Japan where you can hire actors to serve as family member stand-ins, detailed in a 2017 story from the CBS Mornings and in a 2012 documentary, Rent a Family Inc. Fraser’s Rental Family is using this real-life concept as the inspiration for their fictional tale.

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