Review of Dear Evan Hansen (2021) by Bshu89 — 27 Sep 2021

As someone who is a massive fan of the musical prior to it being a film, I was going into this film worried I was going to be disappointed from a lot of the critic reviews. Well, I don’t know what everyone was smoking cause I think the film is a near perfect film adaptation of the play.

It’s not perfect. Otherwise I’d be giving it 5 stars, 4 songs were removed and replaced by a new song and a reprise for it. Initially, it hit me a bit wrong but I actually really liked the song. However, the reprise didn’t need to be there.

The biggest mistake the film makes is removing the song “Anybody Got a Map?” Because it perfectly sets up the stage for both families. But, the film is far from a disaster. Ben Platt gives a stellar, heart breaking performance and everyone else does a fantastic job in their respective roles as well. For me, it’s a win. I would love to see it again in the theater and I’ll definitely be buying the Blu-ray. For any purists out there, you’ve been warned - there are changes. But I think they mostly work.