RENTAL FAMILY "Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family." - Anthony Brandt . My days became one jumbled hour after hour where time disappeared into another year, until here we are, the 1st of January 2026. Nothing much stirred me to put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard, until this evening after watching RENTAL FAMILY, starring Brendan Fraser. Phillip Vanderploeg is a struggling actor who is selected to fill in for families as an individual with significance to the family member in need. He is a writer, dad, mourner, not so much as a true story but reminiscent of Japanese companies serving the community by providing professional actors at events like funerals or weddings. Thereby formulating a whole new meaning to the responsibilities of a plus one. At its core, the film celebrates the connection of the human spirit; the inherent social need that humans have to socialising, being together, in all asp...