Pass the Kleenex.
The trailer for the Ben Platt-let film adaptation of the Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen has arrived.
The movie–which sees Platt reprise his Tony Award-winning role from the stage version–follows Evan, an anxious, awkward teenager trying to survive high school. He also nourishes a secret crush on Zoe (Kaitlyn Dever) the sister of Connor (Colton Ryan), a classmate and sometime bully of Evan. A misunderstanding following Conor’s sudden death leads Evan to develop a closer relationship with Zoe and their parents (Amy Adams & Danny Pino), and an outpouring of sympathy at school. Evan first enjoys the attention, before he realizes he must tell the truth about his “friendship” with Connor.
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Julianne Moore, Amandla Stenberg and Nik Dodani also star. Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) directs from a script by Steven Levenson.
Dear Evan Hansen lands in theatres September 24. Have a look, and cue the misty eyes.
Max
OMG, can’t wait!
phillycap
God, that looks like a gut punch. I had heard that it was a very emotional musical but I never guessed it was THAT emotional.
RyanMBecker
You can watch the original Broadway production, with the original cast (including Ben Platt, of course), online. Tearjerker.
Pasek and Paul are geniuses, and should have won the EGOT long ago. They should have gotten the Emmy for Running Home to You, which they wrote for the special Supergirl/Flash crossover episode. Unlike many TV songs which are rather nonspecific, they ingenuously make many references to the Flash, yet left it generic enough to be relatable to non-comicbook folks like me. We’ll probably include it in our wedding. Check out the video with Grant Gustin on YouTube.
DennisMpls
Damn, I cried just watching the trailer….
It’s good to see Nik Dodani again. To anyone who hasn’t discovered Atypical on Netflix I highly recommend it.
BoomerMyles
Wow Ben Platt and Julianne effing Moore.
Seems like this was well transferred to movie form.
Gourmet Guy
Dennis, I cried during the trailer too. But then, I saw the musical when it toured through Cleveland, and it just destroyed me. It’s a great work and it will make a great movie, I’m quite sure.
BaltoSteve
I am really looking forward to this.
JB
Ben Platt is now nearly 30 years old. I saw him in the role on Bway when he was around 20, and he was great. Now, though, he seems a bit too old to convincingly play a high school student in the film version. His father is producing, so I suppose some nepotism was involved in the casting. Still, it looks like it’ll be a pretty good movie.
mdrguy1
Olivia Newton-John was 28 and Stockard Channing was 33 when they made Grease. Yeah, it was a stretch even then. But it worked. And it looks like it’s working here, if the trailer is any indication.
Lookyloo
@mdrguy1, All the actors/characters in Grease looked way-over-teen, in this movie ONLY Ben Platt looks way-over-teen. The lack of continuity is the problem.
And, ps, Grease was camp, camp, camp to the end. This movie is supposed to be real life. I bet the producers of DEH wouldn’t take comparing their movie to Grease as a compliment.
Cam
Was a good play, hopefully the movie is as good. Can’t wait.
Jbaltes
I found the play boring and tedious. After decades in public education at all levels, the last thing I wanted to do was to relive the “daily drama“ in a musical, no less! The storyline is no surprise to those of us who have observed the daily antics of teenagers who seemingly have no thought to what the consequences of actions might bring. I will gladly pass on the movie!