You see Evan Hansen, all of his flaws and desires and self-loathing laid bare. And there are enough of these goosebump-inducing, epiphanic moments courtesy of the actor that you see why people might love this film as well as cringe at it. Platt does not ruin the movie. He singlehandedly gives it a voice.
The film version of the multiple Tony Award–winning hit Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen is a mixed bag and a wonky adaptation that doesn’t always quite scan. Yet I’d be lying if I didn’t say that despite its flaws, it’s also strangely affecting.
Flawed? You bet, but the film of the Broadway musical about teen suicide is not the crime against humanity some claim. Yes, Ben Platt, 27 is playing a high school kid, but he inhabits the role he created on stage with every fiber of his being and hits you like a shot in the heart.
Sorry, haters, the film isn’t a train wreck. This musical, which had its Broadway premiere in 2016, works better in the theater. But the translation to the screen is smoother than expected.
If you’ve ever felt alone and ignored in life, Dear Evan Hansen may touch you in profound ways.
By scaling back the script’s laughs and excising four songs (plus countless reprises), the film at times lands in an uncanny valley between the heightened musical at its core and the weightier young adult drama Chbosky seems to have envisioned.
It’s messy at times and melodramatic at others, and its treatment of mental health issues is not the most nuanced, but those feel like quibbles given the joy you can find in its best moments.
Dear Evan Hansen gives enjoyable, tuneful voice to important modern-day concerns but lacks the dramatic and cinematic chops to really take flight.
A weakness for the formulaic, combined with a noticeably weighty running time, continually bumps up against the film’s many fine points.
This movie is genuinely unbearable. There is not a single likable character, and Evan Hanson is a hilariously bad and immoral person who never gets properly punished for his actions. There is nothing for me to care about because I don't like any of the characters in this film. The only enjoyment I derived from this movie was one song around the halfway point, and only because it was hilariously bad. I haven't seen the original musical, and after watching this adaptation, I don't want to.
어찌 이 좋은 가락들을 모두 흘려버렸나요.캐스팅, 연기 다 아쉽고건진 건 그나마 "The anonymous ones"211225 (2.5)-1. 코너의 죽음 이전에 일어난 일들을 느끼기 어렵다.2. 에반에게서 <더 폴리티션>의 학생회장이 너무 느껴져서 많이 아쉬웠다. 벤 플랫 연기 잘하는 분인데 더이상 아웃사이더이 감성을 이해하기 어려웠나요? 모든 연기가 그냥 가짜로 보이고 노래는 너무 트로트 가락처럼 노련해서 <디어 에반 한슨>에 기대하는 정수를 느끼기 어려웠다.3. 다른 캐스팅은 모두 좋았습니다. (복잡한 감정이 그다지 필요하지 않아서였을지도)4. 그럼에도 불구하고 "Waving through a window”나 “Sincerely me”, “Requiem”, "You’ll be found” 같은 명곡의 묘사는 좋았어서 좋았다.5. 알라야의 "The anonymous ones”는 처음 들어보는 넘버였지만 너무 꽂히고 좋았다.
This movie was amazing! I honestly have no idea why it is rated so low. Every song is an absolute hit, the story is beautifully tragic, it has a wonderful message for anyone who feels lonely or isolated. Of course we can find problems. The fact that a 30 year-old man is playing a high school kid is a little odd, but we've let that slide for decades. And if you are expecting a movie to "solve" suicide, or to fix teenage angst, then I think we need to readjust our expectations. I've never seen the live show, and I'd imagine a live performance would be better, but we could probably say that about anything. This movie was absolutely fantastic, it hits at a personal level and goes to places our society has deemed too scary to talk about.
12+ Review Trigger Warning: This Film's Review Contains Suicide References and sad scenes. This Movie is epic honestly don't know why people hate it so much. It's got some dark themes like suicide and bullying. Its so complicated yet so sad at the same time. I would of liked this movie even if it was not a musical but I like it even more now its a musical. Everyones roles in this movie is correct and great. It was a pretty long movie being over 2 hours long but I was so invested in it. It went by so quick. This movie is a lie that gets stronger and stronger. At the same time Evan is bonding with his sister Zoe (Kaitlyn Dever) I cried like 3 times in this movie which may not sound like alot but I have only cried at movies like 6 times in total including this film. I have not even cried at Titanic. Evan, a student suffering from social anxiety, writes letters to himself to help him cope. Later, when his classmate finds one of them and eventually dies by suicide, Evan finds himself in a pickle. So make sure you have your tissues. This films includes very mild things like suicide refrences only talked about never shown. As well as scenes like Infrequent mild sexual innuendo about sex letters, rubbing nipples and moaning, getting hard and getting kinky. This is all only mild and is not strong on anything else. This film has the following cast. Ben Platt Kaitlyn Dever Amy Adams Amandla Stenberg Nik Dodani Julianne Moore Danny Pino and Colton Ryan
Read the book, watched the film, and seeing the musical live tomorrow. I love everything to do with this.
Although Dear Evan Hansen's performances and music are charming, it doesn't entirely save the movie from being a bit disappointing But for me, it does what it takes to be satisfying.
(Mauro Lanari) Obscene on a par with its presumptuousness. What good is a musical when the music has been replaced by power hits identical to each other and rejects even for Disney family movies? What is the use of displaying the Radiohead poster when they too have replaced, in the turn of the millennium, guitars with synths and the band with solo careers? What is the use of listing any form of diversity dear to SJWs? Why such a horrible miscasting? Julianne Moore is 60 years old, the age for roles as a grandmother, not as a mother, Amy Adams is at least 10 kilos overweight, Kaitlyn Dever is not credible as a charming girl, Ben Platt's fragility is of a unique dislike. The adolescent discomfort was extraordinarily described by Van Sant in his "Trilogy of Death", long before Chazelle who is as much overrated as Chbosky.
This is a film that hits close to home for me - a film about a shy and socially anxious teenager trying to get through his high school years (that was me), who finds his actions being accidentally misinterpreted, that may be the best way to put it. Its a quite poignant film, although its also fairly cheesy or corny as its a musical but I felt it handled the themes relatively well overall. Many people criticise the main performance as the actor (Ben Platt) is clearly much older than the character is meant to be - I agree, that is clearly the case and it is a bit distracting but it didn't entirely spoil the film for me because I could overlook it and concentrate on the plot at hand (ignoring the age issue). Yes, I'd recommend this film, if the issue with Ben Platt doesn't put you off too much. I thought it's got a good mix of singing based scenes and 'regular' dialogue based scenes and its somewhat thought provoking, although I imagine people with no experience of social anxiety may feel its a little long winded and perhaps a bit self indulgent.
This movie is incredibly precious, I seriously don't understand the negativity around it, I feel that all the criticism come from the same lack of empathy that this movie asks to find again.
Dear Evan Hansen was alright, and honestly better than I expected! A faithful adaptation that is sure to please both fans and newcomers alike. While it does play it safe and is fairy straightforward creatively, the performances ultimately sell it. Can’t say that the general premise/plot progression isn’t extremely weird and questionable, but that’s been an issue long before its big screen debut.
What to say about Dear Evan Hansen: The Movie… it’s good but the camera work needs some work. Around 5 minutes in during a music school scene it randomly cuts from one view to a different angle of the scene. The music isn’t that bad either. It’s just that some of the songs from the musical aren’t in the movie. Also Jared is mean so I hate him…
Honestly I have no clue why people hate this movie; it really went above and beyond my expectations. A lot of users are saying that they dislike the main character, but throughout the film we see how he is pushed into his lies by his own insecurities and by trying to comfort the Connor’s family. Watch the movie and you’ll instantly understand why telling the truth wasn’t really an option for him in the beginning, taking in his personality and life. Also, personally, I think that Ben Platt really looks like a high schooler for most of the scenes (there are one or two where the illusion slips), and his and the rest of the cast’s performances are absolutely stellar. The music is done really well and I loved every second of it. I cried a little during an especially touching scene with Connor’s dad. Please dont listen to the haters and just watch it. It’s really good!
The movie gets a couple points for good music and their weak attempts to tackle some important issues. Everything else about the movie was either a huge disappointment or highly uncomfortable. The main character, who we are supposed to root for, plays out like a manipulative sociopath. The love interest is bland and one-dimensional. The best characters are shoved into the background where they can't help save the movie or provide substantial positive messages for grieving, mental health and other teen issues. Instead the message devolves into how it's ok to use deceit instead of hard work to get what you want and it's ok to shame those who question your lies. How did this movie get made?!
This movie is very good and captures kinda just depression & loss very well with a comedy aspect! However, It feels like the story has too many climaxes that drag the story out for too long.
Yeah, this one's kinda wack. It's a movie where you want to scream at the protagonist for the stupid decisions he continues to make throughout
This movie was amazing in my opinion. Yes, there are some songs they could've kept. Such as Anybody Have A Map? It could've given us more information about Connor and how life was really like for him. But, I loved the movie so much. Not as good as the musical but still amazing! Definitely worth watching! Hope it'll be online or something other than theaters soon.
Let me preface by saying that I was never a fan of the story, but I thought maybe they would’ve changed the plot to fit a wider audience — that did not happen. This story was still about the horrible manipulation **** family by a white kid that takes advantage of someone dying by suicide. Yes, that is literally what this is about. I honestly can’t believe it got made, and I don’t think a story like this should be given a voice. There were so many things wrong with this movie besides the main plot. I was so confused as to why Evan had a crush on Zoe, when she was so entitled and one-dimensional. Alana’s character had so much more depth than Zoe’s, but of course, the white girl is the main love interest, because that’s the way it’s always been folks! Evan and Zoe’s relationship just felt so forced and wrong. Then, they take away the song the one Hispanic Actor (Danny Pino) was supposed to have? Them giving Alana a bigger role is the only attempt they made when it came to “diversity” in this film. It felt like they just went “Make this person of color’s role bigger, but also make the other two people of color’s roles smaller — because we can’t cut the white character’s roles.” This movie was supposedly trying to bring mental health awareness, but the story itself was just not the way to do it. Someone dies by suicide, yet the main character uses that to his advantage to ‘get the girl’? It teaches the wrong message. I mean, absolutely nothing good comes from death by suicide…but this movie makes it seem otherwise. In the end, you learn almost nothing about Connor, and somehow the movie tries to make you feel like Evan Hansen did something good in his honor? As someone with debilitating depression (among other mental health diagnoses) this movie was a slap in the face. I don’t get how people can look past the horrific story and actually like this film. The music is the only good part of this entire movie, and when you take the plot into consideration, the music is ruined. I didn’t think I’d have such an adverse reaction to this movie. I went in with an open mind, and read zero reviews beforehand. I just can’t get past how terrible the main plot is. I was so uncomfortable the entire time I was watching this, and the movie just seemed to drag on and on. I wouldn’t recommend anyone with a mental health illness watch this sad excuse for mental health awareness; as it may be triggering to see. If you are okay with minimum effort diversity, and can look past the disgusting storyline, then this movie is for you.
Personally, I really enjoyed the movie because the whole point is watching Evan overcome his struggles while also growing through something horrible he did. The hardest part for me to get past was Ben Platt's age gap. I love him and his voice, but they did not do his face justice (if it was even possible to do so).
An incredibly emotional, important, and powerful movie musical. The songs are some of the best ever written, and Ben Platt's performance is breathtaking. The entire cast is world-class and the ability to see their emotion up close had my entire family in tears. The movie also manages to keep things light sometimes with a great balance. GO SEE IT!
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