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Dear Evan Hansen

2021, drama

137 minutes

Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety, unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.

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2021-09-10

Dear Evan Hansen is a brilliant and smart musical drama about deception, depression, being misunderstood, loneliness and the importance of having communication. Read more

6.0

2021-12-09

Despite some A+ songs, this musical serves up nothing truly new. Read more

6.0

2021-09-23

That’s a pie-in-the-sky stretch in real-life where consequences and risks are more difficult, but I call that a welcome, escapist hope to strive for and celebrate in a movie that can give it earnest treatment. But sure, gripe about weird age picadilloes instead. We see your callous pettiness. Read more

6.0

2021-09-23

Much like its flawed main character, it’s a mess of awkward and misplaced intentions, as likely to generate facepalms as it is a loving embrace. Read more

4.0

2023-09-16

I do think there is a way to take the delicate issues and problematic story and handle it all in a way that feels appropriate, and I think there is a way to handle the balancing act better while still pairing the excellent music with the kind of visuals the music merits and making it a successful musical. Read more

3.3

2021-12-30

If the tunes were catchy and great on their own this would’ve been a cinematic failure. Read more

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