Rent (2019)
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 27, 2019
Metascore
49

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 12
  3. Negative: 3 out of 12

Critic Reviews

  1. Time
    Reviewed by: Judy Berman
    Jan 28, 2019
    30
    If I hadn’t known it going in, the jittery cuts, dizzying camera angles and abbreviated spoken dialogue that plagued Rent: Not-So-Live might’ve lost me. Hyperactive editing rarely allowed for a moment’s pause for reaction shots or to let songs sink in. ... The cast wasn’t entirely right, either.
  2. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Kelly Lawler
    Jan 28, 2019
    30
    The audience surrounding the stage was energetic to a fault, sometimes overpowering the singers. The too-dark set, paired with an endlessly spinning camera that nearly induced nausea, made the show excruciatingly hard to follow, even for those familiar with the material. The energy was low, and the chemistry between many of the romantically linked characters lackluster.
  3. Vox.com
    Reviewed by: Aja Romano
    Jan 28, 2019
    20
    Its rage (“we’re dying in America at the end of the millennium”) and its love (“live in my house, I’ll be your shelter”) could have given us renewed energy and hope during a long, troubled winter. Instead, due to production mishaps that could have been avoided and were then poorly handled, it barely got to make a sound.