Fair Rent
7
1947
0 hr 11 min
Drama
Power cuts, housing shortages and exorbitant rents – Aberdeen man goes head to head with his greedy landlady.
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everything you have heard about this movie is true.
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what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
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One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
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By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
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