Synopsis
Two couples on an oceanside getaway grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Before long, what should have been a celebratory weekend trip turns into something far more sinister.
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Cast
- Dan StevensCharlie
- Alison BrieMichelle
- Sheila VandMina
- Jeremy Allen WhiteJosh
- Toby HussTaylor
- Connie WellmanApartment Owner
- Anthony MolinariMan
- Chase BarkerBackground
- Jovani RidlerBackground
Recommendations
- 83
Consequence
Franco exercises so much restraint, especially during the frenetic final act, that you’re always left on edge. There’s hardly a single gratuitous shot to the entire film. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
It's a confident, enjoyably nasty piece of work, unnerving enough to cure your FOMO about that canceled summer vacation. - 78
Austin Chronicle
Take out the masked menace, this is still tense: Add them in, and it's stomach-churning. Brutal, smart, wild and mean, The Rental savagely reinvents the summer camp slasher for the vacation rental generation, and delivers a punchline payoff that will leave you reeling. - 75
The Film Stage
A sturdy, small-scale thriller that makes little lasting impact but certainly succeeds in providing some clever jolts. - 70
Slashfilm
As far as directorial debuts go, The Rental is a strong start for Franco, who proves here he can take not just one but two different tried-and-true genre formulas and rework them into something neat. - 70
Variety
There’s some crafty artistry at work in The Rental, and also some fairly standard pandering, which feels like a violation of the movie’s better instincts. That said, most of it is skillful and engrossing enough to establish Franco as a director to watch. - 67
IndieWire
Even in spite of its obvious nowness, this thing is such a lean, mean, and utterly merciless old school programmer that it might seem anachronistic if not for the fact that it’s being released onto many of the same drive-in screens that would have shown it 35 years ago. - 63
Slant Magazine
Dave Franco has a mighty command of silence as a measurement of emotional aftershock.
