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Aug 31, 2021 · Indeed, within seconds of the trailer for Dear Evan Hansen dropping on May 18, social media was ablaze with snark about 27-year-old Ben Platt playing a high-school student and sporting a new...
The film underperformed at the box office and received mostly negative reviews from critics, with most criticism aimed at the casting of Ben Platt (who was 27 at the time) as a high school student, which some attributed to nepotism, as his father, Marc Platt, served as a producer on the film.
- Let’s Jump Right in. Is The Film Adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen Really That Bad?
- Do We Even Want Musical Film Adaptations? Who Are They for?
- What Musical Adaptations Actually Worked and Why?
Annabel Gutterman: As soon as I saw that they cut the musical’s first number, “Anybody Have a Map?” I knew we were in trouble. And I really wanted to like this movie. I loved the musical! Yes, Ben Platt does immediately look too old, but that’s nowhere near the top of my list of complaints here. While the original production was tense and anxiety-i...
AG: We do want musical film adaptations! I think. In theory, bringing Broadway to the masses should only be a good thing. But sometimes it just doesn’t fit. Dear Evan Hansen was a flop for me because it is too intimate of a musical to work as a big Hollywood movie. It is a story that doesn’t need all that extra stuff. If they had filmed a staged pr...
AG: Obviously, Mamma Mia is the first movie to come to my mind. And yes, it goes against everything I said in terms of celebrity because it has one of the most celebrity-packed casts of them all: Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Pierce Brosnan… But that movie also worked because it benefited from a bigger set (that they were able to film in Greece...
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- Andrew R. Chow,Annabel Gutterman
With Ben Platt, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams. Film adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high-school senior with social anxiety disorder, and his journey of self-discovery and acceptance after a classmate's suicide.
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Dec 9, 2023 · Read on for everything to know about Marc and Julie Platt, from their movie-worthy love story to their successful careers and their tight-knit relationship with The Politician star.
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Oct 14, 2015 · “I’m lucky that I get to do the bigger movies and the smaller movies. Perhaps I have creative ADD,” veteran producer tells TheWrap in latest edition of Office With a View
