Dear Evan Hansen

Synopsis

Dear Evan Hansen is a 2021 American coming-of-age musical film directed by Stephen Chbosky and written by Steven Levenson, based on the 2015 stage musical. Ben Platt plays Evan Hansen, reprising the performance he originated on stage. The cast also includes Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani, Colton Ryan, Danny Pino, Julianne Moore, and Amy Adams. Dear Evan Hansen premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2021, and was released in the United States on September 24 by Universal Pictures. The film underperformed at the box office, grossing $19 million against a $27–28 million budget, and received generally negative reviews from critics. Some of the criticism was aimed at the casting of then 27-year-old Platt as a high school student, which some attributed to nepotism, as his father Marc Platt was a producer on the film.

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Details

Type

Movie

Release date

September 9, 2021

Genres

teen film, musical film, drama film

Created by

Stephen Chbosky

Runtime

137 min

Countries

United States