Dear Evan Hansen is a movie directed by Stephen Chbosky in 2021 and based on the play of the same name by Steven Levenson, first published in 2017. The movie features Ben Platt, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Amy Adams, Colton Ryan, Nik Dodani, and others.
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Storyline
Evan Hansen, a high school student with Social Anxiety Disorder, has a therapeutic self-intended letter stolen by a classmate named Connor Murphy, who later dies by suicide. Connor’s family mistakes the letter as a letter sent to Evan by Connor. Evan inserts himself into the boy’s past, throwing him into a series of lies and confrontational events.
Movie vs Book
Year
2021
Minutes
137
Movie Rate
4.80
Source: IMDb
Movie
Dear Evan Hansen
Director: Stephen Chbosky
Country: USA
Year: 2021
Length: 2h17m
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Year
2017
Pages
144
Book Rate
8.86
S: Goodreads
Book
Dear Evan Hansen
Author: Steven Levenson
Country: USA
First published in: 2017
Length: 144 pages
Genre: Play
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“I think sometimes people forget that a lot of changes have to be made because we're not in a book when we're watching a movie.”
BRIAN SELZNICK (Writer)
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