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Dear Evan Hansen

100 Movies of 2021

Dear Evan Hansen

2021

Stephen Chbosky

Ben Platt, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams ...

5.3

635

Musical. Drama Film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high school senior with Social Anxiety disorder and his journey of self-discovery and acceptance following the suicide of a fellow classmate.

	Author	Review
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"Treacly and manipulative, "Dear Evan Hansen" turns villain into victim and grief into an exploitable vulnerability. It made me cringe."	NEG
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide The Guardian	"Platt, at 28, is pushing it as a school-age teenager, but really that’s the least of the problems with the picture’s crudely manipulative storytelling (...) It’s the cinema equivalent of rubbing cut onions in the eyes of the audience"	NEG
United States	Thomas Floyd The Washington Post	"Fascinating and flummoxing, the ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ movie still strikes a chord (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	"A well-meaning musical misfire (...) the perfect example of why not every hit Broadway musical should be made into a movie. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Ian Freer Empire	"'Dear Evan Hansen' gives enjoyable, tuneful voice to important modern-day concerns but lacks the dramatic and cinematic chops to really take flight (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Robert Daniels rogerebert.com	"'Dear Evan Hansen' is a terrible, misbegotten musical with too little self-awareness to care how out of tune it sounds (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Peter Travers ABC News	"Ben Platt inhabits the role with every fiber of his being (...) Manipulative? Maybe. But also a gift. (...) At its best, “Dear Evan Hansen” hits you like a shot in the heart."	POS
United States	Tina Hassannia IndieWire	"Poor directional choices and iffy musical choices ruin a film that could've resonated, thanks to its timely subject matter."	NEG
United States	Michael Rechtshaffen The Hollywood Reporter	"An adaptation which, however heartfelt, often falls short (...) Despite the pesky distractions, Platt and company still manage to deliver the right message at precisely the right time."	NEU
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"An increasingly frustrating experience (...) Dear Evan Hansen tends toward the saccharine, lacking the nuance the story so desperately needs	NEG
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"The team behind the film haven’t necessarily fixed all that was wrong with the show, but they’ve been listening, at least, and that’s a start."	NEU
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"Even if you go in with reservations, even if you don’t succumb to its most extravagant moments, it sneaks up on you."	POS
United States	Valerie Complex Deadline	"Dear Evan Hansen could have been enjoyable, but there are too many glaring problems that can’t be ignored for the sake of entertainment (...) This film won’t inspire empathy or sympathy but disdain and indifference."	NEG
United States	Adam Feldman Time Out	"There's a lot to like here. But in a film that seems at odds with itself, you may have to make a choice: to dismiss Evan as creepy or to root for him despite -or because of- being a kind of misfit (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	David Crow Den of Geek	"[It] misreads the implications of its fable and naively endorses the healing power of social media likes. If this were on one of those apps, you would unsubscribe."	NEG

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