Universal Pictures purchased the film rights to the musical in November 2018, hiring Stephen Chbosky as director, and the writer of the musical Steven Levenson also set to write the screenplay for the film. Marc Platt and Adam Siegel would serve as producers, while the show's lead producer Stacey Mindich and composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, would serve as executive producers alongside Levenson and Michael Bederman.
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- Ben Platt on "horrific" trolling he experienced after the 'Dear Evan Hansen' film NME November 1, 2022
- Ben Platt Finally Talked About The Negative Reaction To The “Dear Evan Hansen” Movie BuzzFeed November 1, 2022
- Angelina Jolie, daughter Vivienne attend Dear Evan Hansen gig, visits tour cast backstage Geo News August 23, 2022
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Dear Evan Hansen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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- 1 Ben Platt & Dear Evan Hansen ChoirWaving Through A Window (From the “Dear Evan Hansen” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 3:56
- 2 Ben PlattFor Forever (From The “Dear Evan Hansen” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 5:11
- 3 Colton Ryan, Ben Platt & Nik DodaniSincerely Me (From The “Dear Evan Hansen” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 3:37
- 4 Kaitlyn Dever, Danny Pino & Эми АдамсRequiem (From The “Dear Evan Hansen” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 4:25
- 5 Ben Platt & Kaitlyn DeverIf I Could Tell Her (From The “Dear Evan Hansen” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 4:03
- 6 Amandla StenbergThe Anonymous Ones (From The “Dear Evan Hansen” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 4:44
- 7 Ben Platt, Amandla Stenberg, Liz Kate, DeMarius Copes, Isaac Powell, Hadiya Eshe, Kaitlyn Dever & Dear Evan Hansen ChoirYou Will Be Found (From the “Dear Evan Hansen” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 5:59
- 8 Ben Platt & Kaitlyn DeverOnly Us (From The “Dear Evan Hansen” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 4:00
- 9 Ben PlattWords Fail (From The “Dear Evan Hansen” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 5:47
- 10 Julianne MooreSo Big / So Small (From The “Dear Evan Hansen” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 4:26
- 11 Colton RyanA Little Closer (From The “Dear Evan Hansen” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 4:10
- 12 Разные артистыYou Will Be Found (From The “Dear Evan Hansen” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 3:58
- 13 Разные артистыThe Anonymous Ones (From The “Dear Evan Hansen” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 4:09
- 14 Разные артистыOnly Us (From The “Dear Evan Hansen” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 3:46
- 15 Разные артистыA Little Closer (From The “Dear Evan Hansen” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 4:02
- 16 Разные артистыWaving Through A Window (From The “Dear Evan Hansen” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 4:26
Dear Evan Hansen
(2021)1
| Country | |
| Spoken Language | english |
| Runtime | 2 hr 17 min |
| Premiere: World | $19 133 454 September 22, 2021 |
| USA | $15 002 646 |
| Other countries | $4 130 808 |
| Premiere: USA | $15 002 646 September 22, 2021 |
| first day | $3 280 865 |
| first weekend | $7 443 830 |
| rollout | 105 days |
| Digital: World | November 23, 2021 |
| Parental Advisory | Frightening & Intense Scenes, Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking, Profanity, Sex & Nudity, ... |
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| Production Companies | |
| Also Known As | Querido Evan Hansen United States ディア・エヴァン・ハンセン Japan |
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An anxious, isolated high schooler becomes embroiled in a lie after a schoolmate commits suicide. Now, close to the boy’s family, he begins a journey of self-discovery and acceptance.Сast and Crew
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Dear Evan Hansen: The Book
Overview
Dear Evan Hansen is a novel based on the acclaimed Broadway musical of the same name. The book was written by Steven Levenson, who also wrote the musical's book, along with songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. The novel was co-authored by Val Emmich, a writer and musician.About the Authors
- Steven Levenson: Known for his work on the musical, Levenson is a talented playwright and screenwriter.
- Val Emmich: An author and musician, Emmich brought a fresh perspective to the novelization of the musical.
Plot Summary
The story of Dear Evan Hansen revolves around a high school student, Evan Hansen, who struggles with social anxiety. After a classmate's tragic death, Evan becomes entangled in a web of lies that brings him closer to the deceased's family, while also complicating his own life. The novel delves into themes of identity, connection, and the impact of social media.Adaptation and Faithfulness to the Book
The film adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen closely follows the plot and themes of the original novel and musical. The screenplay was adapted by Steven Levenson, ensuring that the essence of the story remained intact. While some elements were adjusted for cinematic purposes, the core narrative and emotional depth were preserved, making the film a faithful representation of the book's story.Production
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Something has been lost in translation from stage to screen because what’s there now does not seem strong enough to have won best musical and...
The film becomes one giant gamble that’s quite disastrously failed to pay off.
What was by all accounts a modestly scaled production in all of its live-theater iterations has become a ponderous movie that turns earnest in...
Even if you go in with reservations, even if you don’t succumb to its most extravagant moments, it sneaks up on you. Go ahead, smile or ache...
"Dear Evan Hansen" rubbed me wrong onstage, and it doesn’t sit well with me now, despite a few smart improvements to the material.
Almost everything imaginable has gone wrong on the journey from stage to screen, and the result is a film that isn’t even "so bad it&rsq...
The depths of failure here are difficult to overstate, beginning with bringing Platt back to the role he originated on stage despite his age.
If you like songs about feelings that really double down on their most supposedly resonant lines, then you’ll love this. Or you already do. I...
Let’s face it, Evan Hansen is actually a hateful, self-serving character who becomes a phony symbol of peace, tolerance and compass...
Chbosky seems almost embarrassed by the music, which is a weird attitude for a guy making a musical.
Sorry, haters, the film isn’t a train wreck. This musical, which had its Broadway premiere in 2016, works better in the theater. But the...
Its story… will speak to anyone who has struggled with depression, alienation or loneliness. A dubious bit of casting and less-than-riveting m...
The endless emotional frankness of the lyrics – those who seek the ironic distance of Sondheim need look elsewhere – becomes exhausting a...
It grows more cringeworthy by the minute, and of course a reckoning is unavoidable. It is unsatisfying when it comes.
It’s the cinema equivalent of rubbing cut onions in the eyes of the audience: film-making that is cynically and artificially engineered to ma...
In recycling played out tropes, Dear Evan Hansen delivers surface-level and ableist representations of mental health challenges.
Stephen Chbosky, working from playwright Steven Levenson’s script, wrings as much angst as he can out of that scenario, but at a certain...
This is a movie that repeatedly calls out a dead kid just to make its points. If that’s your idea of entertainment-or even just adequate...
When the movie Dear Evan Hansen adds dimension to the stage version, it does so by working against the original’s platitudes and giving more...
The script may have moved from stage to screen, but its star doesn’t seem to have made that transition, and his performance reads heavily as...
The numbers are mostly dreary ballads and every time someone starts singing, the movie is the poorer for it.
The truth is, this musical is manipulative, and strange…Upbeat tunes and a heavy storyline about teen suicide make a cringey combo.
Despite the pesky distractions, Platt and company still manage to deliver the right message at precisely the right time.
Dear Evan Hansen could never work, not really, but any hope the film has of fostering sympathy for Hansen went out with the window with an actor bo...
Dear Evan Hansen gives enjoyable, tuneful voice to important modern-day concerns but lacks the dramatic and cinematic chops to really take flight.
"Dear Evan Hansen" preserves many of the selling points of its stage incarnation. But "preserves" isn’t the same as "activates."
Chbosky’s poor directorial choices cancel out the rousing success "Dear Evan Hansen" was on stage, with a cascade of glaring distraction...
An emotionally manipulative, overlong dirge composed of cloying songs, lackluster vocal performances, and even worse writing.
Nelson has long been a character actor who makes almost every film he’s in even better. Here, Ponciroli gifts him with one of his best r...
Platt’s physical presence is all wrong, but his vocal performance is outstanding; you can see how, with the distance between audience and per...
Even though it introduces a new crop of fans to its hummable soundtrack, "Dear Evan Hansen" is the perfect example of why every hit Broadway m...
On all fronts, you wish that Dear Evan Hansen had nothing to do with Evan Hansen.
The film works harder to fix the problems with its source material than to establish itself as an independent piece of art.
Is Craig’s poignant farewell the best of the actor’s run? I’d put the emotionality of Skyfall and the eye-popping Casino Royale a...
The direction and the script open up the stage musical so much that unknowing audiences may not detect that the source material was a theater piece...
Conner is a faceless mannequin, even at the end when lessons are supposedly learned and life continues on, and I found that inexcusable.
I bought the lead actresses as the parents…that was the only thing I bought, I wanted to like this but yeah, I have a lot of reservations and...
[Platt] tones down his stage performance just enough for the big screen, but retains Evan’s quick sense of humor and lovable nature, despite...
Maybe it will catch fire on the camp circuit, where it can be celebrated for its failings; otherwise, "Dear Evan Hansen" isa letter best returned t...
It’s a beautiful work of cinematic concentration that’s purely Apichatpong.
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 b...
The movie’s message about recognizing the vulnerability of everyone and the importance of empathy for others makes up for the uneven adaptation.
The problems start the more sincere it all gets – with a deeply dubious message for children and parents alike that the world is a place...
Dear Evan Hansen could have been enjoyable, but there are too many glaring problems that can’t be ignored for the sake of entertainment.
Treacly and manipulative, "Dear Evan Hansen" turns villain into victim and grief into an exploitable vulnerability. It made me cringe.
An adaptation that’s alternately baffling and cringeworthy, with only the occasional emotional highpoint for balance.
These performances and these ideas floating around were very, very important, and held me to it even when I was feeling lead a little bit alon...
Flawed? You bet, but the film of the Broadway musical about teen suicide is not the crime against humanity some claim. Yes, Ben Platt, 27, is playi...
On stage, audiences can give melodrama more leeway. It’s a prerequisite for a medium where people express themselves by spontaneously br...
We’re more conscious of how facile its story is because the musical numbers – the ballad-heavy score is by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul&nb...
The better version of Dear Evan Hansen would use its grim story as the means to explore the false cheer and heavily synthetic inspiration content o...
There are enough of these goosebump-inducing, epiphanic moments courtesy of the actor that you see why people might love this film as well as cring...
In the end, this film suffocates you with ersatz compassion and personal growth.
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I didn’t understand the nominations for “… raspberries". A pleasant good movie about total loneliness in the age of high technology, about the fact that something good can be hidden in any person, about the fact that anyone is worthy of forgiveness and has the right to be heard.
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