BBCNEWS The Film Review October 23, 2021 22:54:00
Perfect icebreaker, right? so the plot is one of the letters he writes to himself ends up in the pocket of somebody else at school who dies. it is then taken that it was a letter written to evan hansen, and they were friends and that he plays along with this because initially he does it to be kind to the parents but when he discovers it brings them social acceptability which he didn't have before. it's been criticised for two things, first that the plot works on stage and not so much on screen. i agree with that, there's some things that big stage productions, big bold gestures, on screen not ...