How many of you are fine with these new $20 iTunes movie rental prices?

[Andy Meek]

• Director Jon Stewart's new Irresistible movie was released on Friday -- but most people won't be seeing it in theaters due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has kept theaters closed.
• Because of this, studios have been tentatively releasing feature films straight to video on demand.
• In the case of these films, like Irresistible, they cost $20 to rent, compared to the usual rental price of only a few dollars from a service like iTunes. Is it worth it?

I have no idea if director Jon Stewart's new Steve Carell-led political comedy Irresistible is any good or not -- early reviews, like this one from Rolling Stone, seem to be largely positive -- but I feel confident the movie probably doesn't deserve the 2/5 stars it currently has on iTunes at the time of this writing.

Dive into the comments that iTunes users have left, though, and one comment, especially, jumps out at you. It's a complaint about the fact that the film (in which Carell plays a Democratic political strategist who helps a retired Marine colonel run for mayor in a small town) costs $19.99 to rent on iTunes, roughly comparable to what many people would have paid to see it in the theaters -- assuming, you know, we weren't in the middle of a pandemic and theaters were actually largely open right now. Not only are movie theaters around the country mostly closed right now, which has caused hotly anticipated blockbusters like Tenet to keep delaying their release dates, but even major directors like Joe and Anthony Russo of Avengers: Endgame are now on record as saying they think theaters are too risky to visit anytime soon because of coronavirus.

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