Dear Evan Hansen

2021 · 137 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.2 (388 votes)

Dir. Stephen Chbosky · Starring Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani, Julianne Moore · Music Benj Pasek

“An honest and original story for those lost and then found.”

Drama

Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety, unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.

VIBE

This film feels like a raw, vulnerable exploration of teenage anxiety and the devastating weight of grief. It’s an emotionally charged, earnest journey that grapples with difficult themes, offering a cathartic, albeit heavy, experience.

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