Dear Evan Hansen | Sep 24 2021 | Universal | Supposedly about "High School Students" | Premiering at TIFF!

[Cap]

I am absolutely here for this. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer musical. 

[Ipickthiswhiterose]

It is beyond me why lessons were not learned from, especially, Rent when it comes to using original cast members of live hit shows and adaptation of hit shows in general.

[Spidey Freak]

15 hours ago, Cap said:

I am absolutely here for this. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer musical. 

That's what Hollywood gets for trying to make THIS happen before Spring Awakening, Fun Home and Hadestown.

[JWR]

Probably wasn't going to be a major hit even with good reviews, but it can't possibly do worse than In The Heights, right?

[grim22]

 

 

[Old Spice]

1 hour ago, Spidey Freak said:

That's what Hollywood gets for trying to make THIS happen before Spring Awakening, Fun Home and Hadestown.

 

I'm not familiar with Hadestown, but I'd love to see those first two get their proper due.

[AJG]

Some poor guy at Variety has been left broken by this movie

 

https://variety.com/2021/awards/awards/dear-evan-hansen-letter-oscars-ben-platt-1235064040/

 

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because the premise of the original production is so deeply offensive, shrouded in a lesson that seems to say, “if you kill yourself, a curly-haired, anxious man-child will be way too awkward and nervous to say to a grieving family that their drug-addicted son, who his sister hated, didn’t write you a suicide note.” Unfortunately, all of writer Steven Levenson’s best qualities as a scribe can’t elevate such a premise,

 

[cookie]

21 hours ago, AJG said:

Some poor guy at Variety has been left broken by this movie

 

https://variety.com/2021/awards/awards/dear-evan-hansen-letter-oscars-ben-platt-1235064040/

 

 

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I know this because you’re played by Ben Platt, and all our hopes are pinned on Ben Platt, a 27-year-old who looks 35 but overly doused with the same de-aging technology from “The Irishman.”

Wait is this for real and not the Variety writer being facetious, because that's hilarious if it is.

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[AJG]

 

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How Old Does Ben Platt Look in Dear Evan Hansen?

 

https://www.vulture.com/2021/09/dear-evan-hansen-movie-how-old-does-ben-platt-look.html

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[DAJK]

The whole fixation on Ben Platt is getting real annoying, it’s now all over my Instagram, snapchat, and tik tok. Get over it people, sounding like a bunch of children smh.

[grim22]

11 minutes ago, DAJK said:

 Get over it people, sounding like a bunch of children smh.

So the people in this thread are doing a better job of being high schoolers than Ben Platt you say?

[CJohn]

THAT CURLY HAIR IS HIS OWN HAIR? WHAT THE FUCK? HOW? THAT SHIT HAS TO BE A WIG.

[DAJK]

4 hours ago, grim22 said:

So the people in this thread are doing a better job of being high schoolers than Ben Platt you say?

See that’s the problem, yours was the first genuinely funny one I’ve seen  

 

If you’re going to beat a dead horse, at least be clever about it.

[JWR]

These jokes about Ben Platt are getting as old as he is in this movie. 😂 

[Eric Quinn]

 

[Cap]

Watching that gives me hives. 

[grim22]

Genuinely wondering, how did so many people, including me, end up thinking this was a gay love story

 

 

 

 

ETA: I guess this makes sense

 

 

[CJohn]

6/16 (OW/DOM)

 

Another disaster for theaters. Another disaster for Amy Adams. Another disaster for Ben Platt. Luckily we get Midnight Mass on Netflix to save us.

[JWR]

1 hour ago, CJ Sarandos said:

6/16 (OW/DOM)

 

Another disaster for theaters. Another disaster for Amy Adams. Another disaster for Ben Platt. Luckily we get Midnight Mass on Netflix to save us.

 

That's pretty bleak. Would be pretty embarrassing if this couldn't beat Shang-Chi in week 4.

[Krissykins]

15 hours ago, CJ Sarandos said:

6/16 (OW/DOM)

 

Another disaster for theaters. Another disaster for Amy Adams. Another disaster for Ben Platt. Luckily we get Midnight Mass on Netflix to save us.

I loved Hill House. But Bly Manor was an absolute chore. Oof.