DEAR EVAN HANSEN Movie Musical - News & Discussion Thread- Page 28

[gregnyc2]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 12:42pm

I imagine TIFF is, like, “well, at least a lotta people are talking about TIFF”

[gregnyc2]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 12:42pm

I imagine TIFF is, like, “well, at least a lotta people are talking about TIFF”

[blaxx]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 12:43pm

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Those are pretty awful reviews, though keep in mind there are only 12 reviews filed on RottenTomatoes so far.

If there's one thing the film would have been banking on, it's Platt's performance.Which obviously isn't turning out to be a selling point."

Wow,  this is getting royally panned. 

https://www.playbill.com/article/read-the-reviews-for-dear-evan-hansen-film-starring-ben-platt-julianne-moore-and-amy-adams

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 12:51pm

Ben just looks so sad at the opening of this. Perhaps he knew....

[Musical Master]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 1:00pm

RogerEbert.com: "Dear Evan Hansen is a terrible, misbegotten musical with too little self-awareness to care how out of tune it sounds". 1 out of 4 stars.

OUCH!

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dear-evan-hansen-movie-review-2021

[jlindsey865]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 1:01pm

I had a lunchtime re: film adaptions of musical in general.

Each movie musical that is released, for many, seems to bear the weight of the world of ALL movie musical adaptations.

There have been terrible adaptations (Cats), there have been mediocre adaptations (as DEH is appearing to be), and there have been incredible ones (there are MANY examples over the years). Whenever a mediocre or terrible one is release, there are many the decry that it’s the “THIS FILM IS END OF THE GENRE!” or “Movie adaptations of musicals should stop!”

There have been terrible, mediocre, and incredible films in all genres. DEH, or any other movie musical no matter how wonderful or terrible, won’t be the end of the genre (thankfully).

They will still continue to be made and people will still continue to have thoughts about them. And I am glad for that.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 1:12pm

Maybe we can save it by turning it into the next “Rocky Horro”. Can anyone think of any shout-outs?

[Musical Master]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 1:12pm

jlindsey865 said: "Whenever a mediocre or terrible one is release, there are many the decry that it’s the “THIS FILM IS END OF THE GENRE!” or “Movie adaptations of musicals should stop!”

There have been terrible, mediocre, and incredible films in all genres. DEH, or any other movie musical no matter how wonderful or terrible, won’t be the end of the genre (thankfully).

They will still continue to be made and people will still continue to have thoughts about them. And I am glad for that."

Amen. I remember when Cats came out and everyone and their grandmothers made fun of it and lots of people had a huge worry that the giant flop would be the end of Hollywood movie musicals. But now? More movie musicals are being developed and on the way, just like it was when Moulin Rouge! and Chicago appeared before us in the 2000's and we had that brief boom. One person theorized that the reason why movie musicals are back is because of COVID and Scott Rudin being ousted are the two reasons why it's happening. It's a fun theory to think about even if I don't agree with it (I think it's more of the usual Hollywood ebb and flow being the true reason why movie musicals are back).

I don't think we will ever see a fall of the Hollywood movie musical like what happened back in the 1960's-70's. Never again.

[Babe_Williams]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 1:36pm

Musical Master said: "RogerEbert.com: "Dear Evan Hansen is a terrible, misbegotten musical with too little self-awareness to care how out of tune it sounds". 1 out of 4 stars.

OUCH!

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/dear-evan-hansen-movie-review-2021"

wow, brutal

[MichelleCraig]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 2:06pm

Right now we're only looking at fewer than 20 reviews out of Toronto. The tsunami will hit a little closer to the actual theatrical release date.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 2:45pm

I’m wondering if they should’ve just filmed the stage production, like come from away which currently has a 100 percent critics score. Not sure if that would’ve changed anything or if people really don’t care for this story anymore.

I also wonder if Universal and Marc Platt will use this doing poorly as another excuse to delay Wicked once again.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 2:45pm

I’m wondering if they should’ve just filmed the stage production, like come from away which currently has a 100 percent critics score. Not sure if that would’ve changed anything or if people really don’t care for this story anymore.

I also wonder if Universal and Marc Platt will use this doing poorly as another excuse to delay Wicked once again.

[ijest22]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 2:52pm

It does seem like the worst of the reviews really hate the source material, though, and not simply how it was adapted for the screen. When they refer to the songs as insipid or lackluster, I do wonder if I can trust their assessment of the movie itself. I’m just going to have to see it for myself, but then I was always going to.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 2:57pm

Call_me_jorge said: "I’m wondering if they should’ve just filmed the stage production, like come from away which currently has a 100 percent critics score. Not sure if that would’ve changed anything or if people really don’t care for this story anymore.

I honestly think it would have been better received. They should have done it years ago, so the comments about his age never had to exist. 

 

[Theatre Fan3]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 3:02pm

Call_me_jorge said: "I also wonder if Universal and Marc Platt will use this doing poorly as another excuse to delay Wicked once again."

They would be crazy if they did.  That would be like comparing apples to oranges ... Wicked is an entirely different property altogether.

 

 

[BwayLB]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 3:06pm

^ And a film adaptation I’ve been wanting since 2007 when I saw Wicked at the Hollywood Pantages.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 3:19pm

Playlist gives it a D- saying: "Dear Evan Hansen is emotionally manipulative & an irredeemably exploitative look at mental health".  He also blasts the source material and calls Chbosky's direction: "dreary and washed-out".

https://theplaylist.net/dear-evan-hansen-emotionally-manipulative-irredeemably-exploitative-tiff-review-20210910/

Updated On: 9/10/21 at 03:19 PM

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 3:39pm

I also second wishing they had just recorded the original cast and made a deal with a streaming service. Rachel Bay Jones performance deserved to be recorded. It was marvelous. 

It's surprising they decided to premiere the film at TIFF. Canada hated DEH and it shuttered quickly due to no ticket advance leaving an embarrassing theatre painted the color of Evan's blue shirt. 

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 3:42pm

https://mobile.twitter.com/AndalusianDoge/status/1436142976565186563

omg

Updated On: 9/10/21 at 03:42 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 4:02pm

I know Universal has said this was theatrical release only, but i wouldn’t be surprised to see them shift and release it for streaming rental either the same time or a couple weeks after release.

[unclevictor]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 4:04pm

Well, the movie bombed. Not surprised. Ben platt is 27, playing a teenager who looks 35 in a bad wig.

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 4:07pm

I’m not completely sure about this, but, as a result of their deal with AMC, Universal has a 17-day digital release window for theatrical releases, at which point it should become a premium $19.99 rental.

Updated On: 9/10/21 at 04:07 PM

[Kip4]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 4:09pm

I feel like this is what happens when you overstay your welcome.  Platt had his moment, it wasn't enough, he wanted more, so here we are.  Had Platt moved on and the movie been made in another five years or so, it might have fared better.  But I 100% agree with the critique of the show itself.  It's just not that good. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 4:15pm

To be fair, I think it’s too early to say the film has bombed. There’s plenty of movies with much worse reviews that have had big success at the box office.

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 9/10/21 at 4:18pm

It should be added that film festival reviews are often the most positive. The Blair Witch sequel released in 2016 premiered at TIFF with a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, then dropped to 38% once it got a wide release.