This is beyond bad OMG!

I've waited so long for this.. it was just amazing

Didn't know it was a musical, didn't know it was a broadway show. Both are a no for me to begin with.
Apart from that, it started a bit ok but then i went bad and crazy. Having him singing to the sister "the letter" and explaining that i love you but as it was her brother was awful. Evan was a bad person clearly. The good part was the song on the stage.

The rest fell flat and 2 hours and 20 minutes super long and unnecessary.

It's painfully obvious this script was not intended to be a film. Hard to believe it's from the same director as Perks of Being a Wallflower.

Yep, it lives up to the meme status.

This has no reason to be over 2 hours long. This is pain.

As a person that never saw the Broadway show or knew the story, I think I can be a little objective here. There are about 2-3 good songs...maybe even great. The story is set up to be a bit of a dark comedy and then falls in love with the dark. It gets so far away from being fun, funny, or inspiring, that I just couldn't crawl into that love affair it was having with the consequences of the main character's actions. Yes, we all know it won't end well for him...when has that mattered before. It feels like how a young author would try to fix his story when some stodgy editor would give him feedback. Quit watching after the school assembly and thank me later.

"Dear Evan Hansen" is one of the most overrated Broadway musicals of recent years, with its superficial treatment of teenage depression and its cloying songs. In the adaptation to the cinema, the little inspiration of the musical numbers, which use similar structure, does not help (with pandemic limitations or not). One of the dullest musicals ever made, the director even manages to go against the actors themselves.

I was really looking forward to watching the film version of „Dear Evan Hansen“. I did not see the musical on Broadway unfortunately but heard „Waving Through a Window“ somewhere and immediately fell in love with the music. And now after having seen the film I will listen to soundtrack a lot in the near future. Every song on the soundtrack has something special to it and I really love it. The film itself is well made and I think the actor‘s did a great job in their roles. Overall I really enjoyed the movie and can recommend it to anyone who likes musicals.

A miserable adaptation of the stage musical. All of the moments that work on stage, fall flat. Not worth it.

Simply outstanding. Ben Platt is amazing :heart:

The story in this film is very real, kinda dark and interesting, talking about real problems real issues….. then the characters all sing about those issues and I feel like it takes away from the realism and cheapens the message. I know it’s based on a musical and I’m sure the musical is good, but maybe they should have kept the music for the musical and tried to create a serious film with a serious message about people who are struggling and how they are not alone. Instead of making high school musical if all the kids were anxious and depressed.

Ben Platt is just amazing. I would die to see this on stage. He has such raw emotion, I've seen an interview with Stephen Colbert where he said that Ben's performance made him cry for the entire 2 hours. He really makes you feel. Even his music videos can do that. I've never seen anyone sing so emotionally.... It's beautiful. People who dislike this film clearly dont like it, dont understand it, and aren't the target audience. More the type of people to talk during a live show and ruin it for everyone else

was i suppose to be sympathetic to/for Evan Hansen? because he was, literally, the worst!

I really dislike musicals. but this one omg. I spent most of the time texting in the cinema. and counting the minutes till ends.

First of all, this film is a musical. If you can’t handle dialogue being sung, don’t see this film. Second, this is not a classic musical with rousing show tunes and great dance numbers. This is a movie that sings stream of consciousness thought and the thoughts are angst driven. Those two disclaimers might, possibly, have detoured most of the haters away from the film. Otherwise, this is a film about struggles, false solutions, anxiety and eventually courage. I have a friend who saw this on Broadway over a dozen times, and it has won Tonys, a Grammy, an Obie and an Olivier. Ben Platt’s vocal talents soar. The cast is stellar and the performances are solid. I think the highest praise comes from people who resonate with the character themes for they can speak to you in a very personal way. However, those moments come and go. There is not a consistent pace. I give this film an 8 (for perfect moments) out of 10. [Musical Drama]

It was insanely LONG! I actually watched it in 3 days. The story was fairly good; but the things is, I just don't like musicals.

This movie is hard to watch.

When the guy makes up a song about the good times he shared with a person who committed sucide that he didn't even know, and sings it to the deceased boy's family, it bothered me.

This is the one musical where the music seemed like it shouldn't be there, and that people were singing for no reason.

I am wondering if this is popular because people like the story, or if they just liked the songs.

Maybe it's better enjoyed as a soundtrack instead of a movie.