Dear Evan Hansen | Film Review
I started listening to the soundtrack in preparation for seeing this movie at least 4 months in advance and completely fell in love with the music. So when the film finally came out I was so excited to finally see it and put my favourite songs into context. Evan Hansen (Ben Platt) is a socially-anxious teenager who accidentally steps into the spotlight when a letter that he wrote to himself falls into the wrong hands. I really liked this film. I had heard some negative things before going into it, so my expectations were quite low, but they were definitely exceeded. Having said that, I have never seen the Broadway version, so I'm not sure if that would change my opinion of the film. For a start, the number one criticism of the film is that Ben Platt is too old to play a high-school student, and for me, while this was glaringly (and at points laughably) obvious, after the first song, it wasn't something that really bothered me. Yes, it would have been nice to see a younger act...