the script may have moved from stage to screen, but its star doesn't seem to have made that transition, and his performance reads heavily as just that - a performance
Review rate : Dby Mary Sollosi[Entertainment Weekly ]
the musical numbers lack oomph, but at the film's heart lies a compelling story of a teen in turmoil; Ben Platt deserves credit, however, for giving this performance his all
Stephen Chbosky's poor directorial choices cancel out the rousing success "Dear Evan Hansen" was on stage, with a cascade of glaring distractions that continuously point out the artificiality of the genre
ghoulish Ben Platt sinks high school musical; The film adaptation of the Tony-winning musical can’t overcome its 27-year-old star’s creepy teen makeup and the story’s wobbly handling of mental health
for some of its individual parts, "Dear Evan Hansen" is worth seeing, but as a sum of those parts, it lacks the cohesion necessary to elevate it beyond a singularly focused vehicle for Ben Platt to re-create his award-winning stage performance
emotionally shallow, narratively uneven and woefully unfocused, the film has flashes of humanity but for the most part it is a long dark night of the soulless
directed by Stephen Chbosky from a screenplay by Steven Levenson, "Dear Evan Hansen" goes for sincerity but it lacks awareness about its central character and has nothing interesting or deep to say about mental health
"Dear Evan Hansen" is an adaptation which, however heartfelt, often falls short of the intended, emotionally uplifting mark; Despite the pesky distractions, Ben Platt and company still manage to deliver the right message at precisely the right time