Dear Evan Hansen

Name: Dear Evan Hansen
Genre: Drama, Musical
Released: September 24, 2021
Duration: 137 min
Rating: 39
Cast: Amandla Stenberg, Amy Adams, Avery Bederman, Ben Platt, Colton Ryan

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: September 24, 2021 | PG-13

Starring: Amandla Stenberg, Amy Adams, Avery Bederman, Ben Platt, Colton Ryan, Danny Pino, DeMarius Copes, Isaac Powell, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Liz Kate, Nik Dodani

Summary: The breathtaking, generation-defining Broadway phenomenon becomes a soaring cinematic event as Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt reprises his role as an anxious, isolated high schooler aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social-media age.

Director: Stephen Chbosky

Genre(s): Drama, Musical

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 137 min

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Alan Ng

Sep 23, 2021

If you’ve ever felt alone and ignored in life, Dear Evan Hansen may touch you in profound ways. Read full review

Helen Shaw

Sep 29, 2021

That magnetic, musical pull toward Evan is at work in Chbosky’s movie version. But now the pull is coupled with a powerful push — in other words, repulsion — that keeps us from being seduced. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Sep 27, 2021

here’s a dissonance between the film’s darker subjects and its seeming desire to offer something uplifting at the end. The coda feels dishonest and makes it as difficult to root for the film’s success as it does for the main character. Read full review

Caroline Siede

Sep 23, 2021

Relatable in neither its bizarrely specific plotting nor its broadly generic emotions, Dear Evan Hansen is so self-serious that it almost plays like self-parody, only without any “so bad it’s good” fun. We may all be striving for human connection right now, but we’re unlikely to find any here. Read full review

Screen Rant Mae Abdulbaki

Sep 23, 2021

Dear Evan Hansen might be well-meaning, but it completely misses the mark. It’s not the worst movie out this year, but it’s not a musical one might be inclined to rush to the theater to see, either. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

Sep 27, 2021

This is a movie that repeatedly calls out a dead kid just to make its points. If that’s your idea of entertainment—or even just adequate message-based filmmaking—run, don’t walk, to see Dear Evan Hansen. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Sep 23, 2021

Treacly and manipulative, Dear Evan Hansen turns villain into victim and grief into an exploitable vulnerability. It made me cringe. Read full review

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drcomp

Oct 2, 2021

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 keepAn 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!… Expand

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Tnb

Sep 27, 2021

Don’t listen to the haters, especially if you’re a fan of the original.

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MovReviews

Oct 10, 2021

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.

1 of 3 users found this helpful12

Bea25

Sep 27, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honestly, the movie is bad. The adaption of this amazing Broadway musical is just really, really pedestrian. The songs and performances continue to be great though. But the movie itself is as bad as The Greatest Showman, which is not surprising. Having said that, many reviews in here take the hate they have towards Evan and apply that to everything else. You can and should be able to see the qualities of any movies despite how horrible some characters are. Evan isn't a poorly developed character; he is simply a bad person that happens to suffer from anxiety. This is a movie about a bad person. It just also happens to be a bad movie.… Expand

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Noahboy

Oct 10, 2021

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

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

MetacriticOnur

Sep 24, 2021

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not good in any manner or degree.

1 of 3 users found this helpful12

Spideyfan4Life

Sep 24, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A morally bankrupt and frankly disgusting story, without going into spoilers I just have to say that this is one of the most horrible messages I've ever seen in any genre or medium, if you're watching the movie then you probably know that it's about a suicide of a boy named Conner but that character is done such a horrific disservice and the respect paid to that character is non-existent and the movie actually validates why victims take their own lives with how absolutely evil some of these characters are and how they don't even care about Conner at all!! Do not see this, it's truly awful and offensive and Evan himself is absolutely revolting.… Expand

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