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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 23 Sep 2021

The film suffers from a different condition, an emotional elephantiasis that is inexorable and ultimately terminal…

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By Josh Spiegel (148) for Slashfilm (971) on 23 Sep 2021

Dear Evan Hansen, for all the plaudits it received on stage, is a hollow attempt at broad-based sincerity that felt hollow even before it became…

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By Jeannette Catsoulis (1,537) for The New York Times (9,847) on 23 Sep 2021

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

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By Charles Mcnulty (4) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 23 Sep 2021

Sorry, haters, the film isn’t a train wreck. This musical, which had its Broadway premiere in 2016, works better in the theater…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 23 Sep 2021

Mainly, the movie we have here reminds us that what works on a stage, within the non-realistic world and performance momentum of stage musicals,…

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By Brian Lowry (913) for CNN (497) on 23 Sep 2021

While the film says something that matters, for a show whose press notes proclaim it a generation-defining Broadway phenomenon, a great deal…

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By Alan Ng (404) for Film Threat (5,156) on 23 Sep 2021

If you’ve ever felt alone and ignored in life, Dear Evan Hansen may touch you in profound ways…

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By Thomas Floyd (28) for Washington Post (9,851) on 22 Sep 2021

By scaling back the script’s laughs and excising four songs (plus countless reprises), the film at times lands in an uncanny valley between…

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By Brian Truitt (541) for USA Today (4,117) on 22 Sep 2021

The movie version is simply a poor adaptation, trading the vibrancy and refreshing spirit of the original show for all-too-familiar teen-movie…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 22 Sep 2021

The adaptation is a curiously strange effort, as director Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) films the story like an indie drama,…

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By Jake Coyle (526) for The Associated Press (882) on 22 Sep 2021

For much of the film, it’s difficult not to imagine the Saturday Night Live sketch that’s probably already being written…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 22 Sep 2021

I dare say every review of this adaptation has the words “well-intentioned” in it. “Sweet,” too. So it is…

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By Matthew Monagle (156) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 22 Sep 2021

Dear Evan Hansen is a rare musical that must be seen to be believed…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 Sep 2021

Director Stephen Chbosky needed to bring this stage musical into greater balance with the film medium…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 21 Sep 2021

Yes, it’s a musical — strictly authenticity isn’t a requirement. Emotional authenticity, on the other hand, is…

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By Dan Rubins (25) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 20 Sep 2021

The film works harder to fix the problems with its source material than to establish itself as an independent piece of art…

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By Kristy Puchko (422) for IGN (1,013) on 16 Sep 2021

Though Chbosky’s staging is uninspired, the songs — both old and new — are nonetheless powerful, which might be enough of a lure for…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 15 Sep 2021

Director Stephen Chbosky badly mishandles the material, resulting in an increasingly frustrating experience in which Evan’s inability to…

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By Steve Pond (235) for TheWrap (3,203) on 14 Sep 2021

It’s messy at times and melodramatic at others, and its treatment of mental health issues is not the most nuanced, but those feel like quibbles…

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By Adrian Horton (60) for The Guardian (2,969) on 14 Sep 2021

The movie asks the audience to not look at two elephants in the room, and unfortunately, no amount of soaring music can relieve that heavy a burden…

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