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A Balasaur Score of 50 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 28%, Metacritic 39/100. Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do. Most of the 6,803 2020s drama movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Peacock.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes28%
Metacritic39/100
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
384 audience votes
Key crew
- Steven LevensonScreenplay
- Benj PasekOriginal Music Composer
- Justin PaulOriginal Music Composer
- Dan RomerOriginal Music Composer
- Stephen ChboskyDirector
Cast
- Ben PlattEvan Hansen
- Kaitlyn DeverZoe Murphy
- Amy AdamsCynthia Murphy
- Amandla StenbergAlana Beck
- Nik DodaniJared Kalwani
- Julianne MooreHeidi Hansen
- Danny PinoLarry Mora
- Colton RyanConnor Murphy
- DeMarius R. CopesOliver
- Liz KateGemma
- Zoey LunaLeila
- Isaac PowellRhys
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Themes
high schoolsuicidelettermusicalbased on play or musicalgriefteenage boyguiltmental illnessmental healthemotional vulnerabilitysocial media