Written and directed by Jon Stevenson
Starring Wil Wheaton, Brian Landis Folkins and Amy Rutledge
Running time: 1 hour and 48 minutes

Exploring the Horror of Connection/Obsession in Rent-A-Pal

by Nikk Nelson

When my filmpal Rosalie Kicks sent out a call for this review, I saw two words: Wil Wheaton. My sort of obsession with Wil Wheaton has been documented before in one of the first pieces I ever wrote for Movie Jawn. Did you know he regularly records audiobooks? He’s also a fiction writer, no big deal, renaissance man and national treasure but whatever. Had another contributor snagged this opportunity, I would have had to fight them, Matilda (1978)-boxing style—float like a kangaroo and sting like, um, one too. But it’s all mine. It turns out, my territoriality conveniently lent itself thematically to writer, director and editor Jon Stevenson’s feature debut, Rent-A-Pal (2020).