To no one's surprise, 'Dear Evan Hansen' is fucking terrible
DEAR EVAN HANSEN: VERY bad. We must throw Ben Platt in movie jail and revoke his Tony for this all-time bad performance, but let Julianne Moore arrest him because she’s the saving grace in this poorly realized and tone-deaf trainwreck that hits much differently on screen #TIFF21
- Jason (@jasonosia) September 10, 2021
The allegedly anticipated film adaptation of 'Dear Evan Hansen' premiered at TIFF today, and well, are you surprised it got trashed? It apparently barely got any applause at the end, bless.
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DEAR EVAN HANSEN: sometimes Broadway musicals don’t translate to film. Universal did it with CATS and they did it again with this. Major difference is that CATS is camp and this is an offensively messy dumpster fire that might as well be supervillain musical origin story. #TIFF21 pic.twitter.com/VIHKeHolgI
- Rendy Jones @ #TIFF21 (@Rendy_Jones) September 10, 2021
Look, I will NEVER take away what so many people get from Dear Evan Hansen and what it means to them. But its foundation is irreparably broken in a way that not even Stephen Chbosky’s talent for capturing adolescence nor this great cast can fix. #TIFF21 pic.twitter.com/WAUVhGwRey
- Dancin' Dan @ #TIFF21 (@dancindanonfilm) September 10, 2021
#TIFF21 movie 2: DEAR EVAN HANSEN
Undoubtedly the worst musical I have ever seen. Overwrought and emotionless at the same time. Borderline offensive about trauma and mental illness. It’s like it spun a wheel of trauma a hundred times and added every option. Jail to everyone. pic.twitter.com/1sBMyJupfe
- Karl Delossantos @ TIFF 2021 (@karl_delo) September 9, 2021
DEAR EVAN HANSEN: If there were any chance of making this character look like something other than a monster, it rested on emphasizing his raw youth, which makes the casting of an OBVIOUSLY GROWN MAN JUST HUNCHING HIS SHOULDERS an act of sabotage that's near avant-garde #TIFF21 pic.twitter.com/x1zjc1aAQZ
- Alison Willmore (@alisonwillmore) September 10, 2021
I would give my reaction to DEAR EVAN HANSEN but I don't want to be banned for insensitive language. #TIFF2021
- Robert Daniels @ TIFF (@812filmreviews) September 10, 2021
#TIFF21 'Dear Evan Hansen' Review: "There's something so simple about a stage production that can get lost when translating to the grand scale of cinema. This is a serious topic that gets stuck in a tornado of over-singing and overly dramatic." https://t.co/ozkkTT584s
- manda @ #TIFF21 (@amxndareviews) September 10, 2021
Sources: https://twitter.com/alisonwillmore/status/1436147944953106433
https://twitter.com/karl_delo/status/1436115271551442945
https://twitter.com/dancindanonfilm/status/1436145852737900551
https://twitter.com/jasonosia/status/1436121405398081538
https://twitter.com/812filmreviews/status/1436149629645697026
https://twitter.com/Rendy_Jones/status/1436152761431773184
https://twitter.com/amxndareviews/status/1436155091539607553