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Who’s in it: Rosario Dawson (far left), Jesse Martin, Taye Diggs, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal (left), Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Anthony Rapp, Tracie Thoms
What it’s about: A group of artist friends in New York’s East Village struggle with AIDS, addiction and poverty but create an unusual family in the big-screen adaptation of the hit musical.
Worth watching? (star)(star)(star)
“There is a new and different energy at play here, courtesy of a pumped-up rock score that sets the lyrics on fire and a cast that fully inhabits its characters. But it is Rosario Dawson … that is ‘Rent’s’ revelation.”
