Dear Evan Hansen

One of my favorite movies is Dear Evan Hansen. I just finished watching it for probably the fifth or sixth time. It’s basically about a boy named Evan who wrote a note for therapy that a boy, Conner, finds and keeps. This leads to the family finding the note in…

Dear Evan Hansen should have a trigger warning. It is something that many should not watch alone, in fact, I highly recommend it for families, friends, groups etc followed by some kind of discussion and sharing. I was vaguely aware of it as a Broadway musical, but was unprepared for…

by Derco Rosal For every musical enthusiast who is unable to watch Dear Evan Hansen (DEH) live in Broadway shows, its film adaptation becomes a gift. Excluding its incredibly consistent, affective songs, many issues have emerged when the film was released; one of which was Ben Platt, reprising his role…

The movie Dear Evan Hansen was directed to teens, marketed to teens: Why is it only being reviewed by adults? — Dear Evan Hansen preaches the message of listening to teens and finally hearing their voice about what they go through on a day-to-day basis, especially considering mental health. Sitting in the same theater, side by side, two teenagers experienced the same movie completely differently.

Are Amy Adams and Julianne Moore okay? — Now fully vaccinated and back in the city to resume on-campus studies, the team behind your favorite blog (that’s us, BTW) was finally able to reunite for a screening of Dear Evan Hansen. Per our longstanding tradition, we were all either drunk, sober, or high. …

People say that film is a visual medium like that’s a neutral statement and not an indictment. In practice, it’s often as grim a business as one can think of. The first step in most cases is finding a beautiful person and deciding how ugly they should appear. If they’re…

Dear Evan Hansen Recently, I had a date with my 10 year old nephew to go see this movie. He said to me a couple of months ago, “Aunt Kate, I want to see this when it comes out”. So I said, of course, let’s make it a date. Overall…