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Starring: Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani, Colton Ryan, Danny Pino, Julianne Moore, Amy Adams

OUR RATING: ★★☆☆☆

Story:

Musical drama directed by Stephen Chbosky based on the award-winning musical of the same name. Dear Evan Hansen (2021) centers on Evan Hansen (Ben Platt), a high school student with social anxiety disorder whose letter to himself, one that was not meant to be seen by others, lands into the wrong hands of fellow classmate, Connor Murphy (Colton Ryan), who, as a result, commits suicide. This sends Evan on a journey of self-discovery and gives him the chance to finally be accepted by his peers and live the life he never dreamed he could have.

 

Our Favorite Quote:

'Today at least you're you. No hiding, no lying. And that's enough. So no matter how hard it gets, even if it feels impossible, this time you'll know. Don't let go. Just hold on, and keep going. Just keep going.' - Evan Hansen Click To Tweet

 

Best Quotes


 

Evan Hansen: [writing to himself] Dear Evan Hansen, today is going to be an amazing day, and here’s why. Because today, all you have to do is just be yourself! But also confident. That’s important. And interesting. Easy to talk to. Approachable. But mostly, just be yourself. You know, that’s number one, obviously. Be yourself. But like a confident version of yourself. Like approachable, and interesting, and not weird, or anxious, or depressed. But you’re not weird, or anxious, or depressed. I don’t even know why you’re bringing it up. You can’t be scared to talk to other people. You said that you’d be better. You said this year would be different. You’re overthinking it. Do you like having no friends? All you have to do is just be yourself.


 

Heidi Hansen: [referring to his therapist] Have you been doing those letters he wants you to do? “Dear Evan Hansen.”
Evan Hansen: I’ve been trying to.


 

Jared Kalwani: [to Evan, referring to Zoe] I was kidding. You obviously should not talk to her. You are a literal disaster.


 

Evan Hansen: How was camp?
Jared Kalwani: Well, I put on thirteen pounds of pure muscle. Also, I hooked up with this Brazilian dude who is literally a supermodel. So, yeah. Hope that answers your question.


 

Evan Hansen: Hey, would you want to sign my cast? You could be the first.
Jared Kalwani: Why would I do that?
Evan Hansen: Well, I just, I thought because we’re friends.
Jared Kalwani: We’re family friends, Evan. That’s an entirely different thing. Please respect that.


 

Evan Hansen: [writing to himself] Dear Evan Hansen, turns out this wasn’t an amazing day after all. This isn’t going to be an amazing week, or an amazing year. Because why would it be? Oh, I know. Because there’s Zoe. Who I don’t even know, and who doesn’t know me. But maybe if I did, maybe if I could just talk to her, maybe things would be better. Or maybe nothing would be different at all.


 

Evan Hansen: [in the letter to himself] I wish everything was different. I wish I was different. I wish I was part of something. I wish that anything I said mattered to anyone. But it doesn’t, and it never did. And it never will. I mean, face it, would anyone even notice if I just disappeared tomorrow? Sincerely, your best and most dearest friend, Me.


 

Connor Murphy: What happened to your arm?
Evan Hansen: I was climbing a tree, and I fell.
Connor Murphy: You fell out of a tree? That’s the saddest thing I’ve ever heard.
Evan Hansen: I know.


 

Connor Murphy: [after signing Evan’s arm cast] Now we can both pretend we have friends.


 

Jared Kalwani: [after Connor takes Evan’s letter] A letter to yourself. I mean, what is that? Like some kind of sex thing?
Evan Hansen: No. No, it’s not a sex thing. It was an assignment from my therapist.
Jared Kalwani: Ew. Why are you telling me this?
Evan Hansen: Well, I didn’t know who else to tell. You’re my only family friend.
Jared Kalwani: Oh, that’s sad.


 

Cynthia Murphy: [gives Evan his own letter] Connor wanted you to have this.
Larry Mora: Yeah, we didn’t know you were friends. Well, we didn’t think Connor had any friends, frankly. And then we see this note, and it seems to suggest pretty clearly that you and Connor were, or at least for Connor.
Cynthia Murphy: “Dear Evan Hansen.” He addressed it to you. He wrote it to you. These are the words that he wanted to share with you.
Larry Mora: His last words. Connor took his own life.
Evan Hansen: He what?


 

Evan Hansen: I’m sorry, Connor didn’t, he didn’t write this. Connor didn’t write this.
Cynthia Murphy: What does that mean?
Larry Mora: Well, he’s obviously in shock.


 

Cynthia Murphy: [referring to the letter] No, you don’t understand. This is all that we have. This is the only thing that we have left!
Larry Mora: Cynthia, listen to me.
Cynthia Murphy: No. No. Don’t go.
Evan Hansen: Okay, then you take it. Please take it, okay?
Cynthia Murphy: No. No, don’t go. Don’t. Please stay. Please.
[she sees Connor’s name on Evan’s arm cast]
Evan Hansen: His best and most dearest friend.


 

Jared Kalwani: Well, what are you going to tell them?
Evan Hansen: I mean, the truth.
Jared Kalwani: I don’t know, man. I mean, are you really going to tell these people that the only thing they have left of their son is a sex letter that you wrote to yourself?


 

Zoe Murphy: The only time I saw you two together was when he was screaming in your face at school last week.
Cynthia Murphy: He was screaming at you?
Evan Hansen: Yeah. Yeah.
Cynthia Murphy: Well, that wasn’t very nice.
Zoe Murphy: Well, Connor wasn’t very nice, so that actually makes sense.


 

Cynthia Murphy: I think that everybody at this table can agree that Connor was a complicated person.
Zoe Murphy: No, he was a bad person.
Larry Mora: Zoe, please.
Zoe Murphy: Don’t pretend like you don’t agree with me.
Cynthia Murphy: You refuse to remember any of the good things.
Zoe Murphy: Because there were no good things. What were the good things?


 

Jared Kalwani: [referring to Connor] I mean, they think you were lovers. You realize that, right?
Evan Hansen: Oh, my God.


 

Jared Kalwani: I thought you were going to tell them the truth.
Evan Hansen: I tried, but then I just, I got nervous, and I started talking. And then once I started, I just…
Jared Kalwani: Couldn’t stop.
Evan Hansen: They didn’t want me to stop.


 

Greg: Hansen! Kalwani! Pick it up!
Jared Kalwani: No, thank you.
Greg: What was that?
Jared Kalwani: I said thank you for the encouragement! Fascist.


 

Evan Hansen: [referring to Cynthia] She wants to see the emails.
Jared Kalwani: And now you want me to make a bunch of fake emails for you. Classic.
Evan Hansen: You know how to do that?
Jared Kalwani: It’s simple coding.
Evan Hansen: But you failed coding.
Jared Kalwani: If you consider a D minus failing.


 

Evan Hansen: I didn’t even ask for your help.
Jared Kalwani: Two hundred and fifty, bottom line. Take it or leave it.
Evan Hansen: I could probably give you twenty bucks.
Jared Kalwani: Fine, but I’m not going to act like I’m happy about it.


 

Larry Mora: How was school?
Zoe Murphy: Terrific. All of a sudden, people I’ve never met want to be my best friend. I’m the dead kid’s sister, didn’t you know?
Cynthia Murphy: I’m sure they mean well.
Zoe Murphy: I’m sure they don’t.


 

Alana Beck: [referring to Connor] I always really liked him. It seemed like he didn’t really care what anyone else thought, and I thought that was pretty remarkable.


 

Zoe Murphy: What about your dad?
Evan Hansen: My dad, he lives in Colorado, so. He left when I was seven.
Zoe Murphy: That sucks. Mine died when I was one, so I sort of win.


 

Zoe Murphy: [referring to Cynthia] She gets into a lot of different things. For a while, it was Pilates. The Secret. Buddhism. Et cetera.
Evan Hansen: It’s cool that she’s interested in so much different stuff.
Zoe Murphy: Yeah, she’s not though. That’s just what happens when you’re rich and you don’t have a job. You get a little crazy.


 

Evan Hansen: Well, my mom always says it’s better to be rich than poor, so.
Zoe Murphy: Yeah, well, your mom’s probably never been rich then.
Evan Hansen: Yeah, you’ve probably never been poor. Oh, my God. I can’t believe I just said that. I’m so sorry.
Zoe Murphy: Wow. I didn’t realize you were capable of saying something that wasn’t nice.


 

Zoe Murphy: We weren’t close at all. Not since we were kids. He never noticed anything about me.
Evan Hansen: That’s not true. That’s not true. He noticed a lot of things about you.


 

Larry Mora: We asked if they had any soy ice cream, but the guy at the store said there was just no “whey”, so.
Zoe Murphy: When are you going to give up that joke?
Larry Mora: I think never, actually.

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Alana Beck: You want to help the Murphys? And all the other people who might need it, like people like Connor. Or people like us.
Evan Hansen: People like us? Yes, right, because we have so much in common.


 

Alana Beck: Depression? Anxiety?
Evan Hansen: Yeah.
Alana Beck: Yeah, me too. Some days, it’s just like, it’s like…
Evan Hansen: Impossible?
Alana Beck: Yeah.


 

Evan Hansen: You know, you don’t really act like a depressed sort of person.
Alana Beck: I’m just good at staying anonymous. Same as you. There are a lot of people who feel like us. People that you wouldn’t think.


 

Evan Hansen: [referring to Connor’s memorial] I mean, most people think that I’m not that cool of a person, so nobody wants to hear from me.
Cynthia Murphy: Well, if that’s what most people think, it sounds like most people don’t know you very well. They didn’t know Connor either. They never bothered. You can tell them what they missed.


 

Evan Hansen: [singing at Connor’s memorial service] Have you ever felt like nobody was there? Have you ever felt forgotten in the middle of nowhere? Have you ever felt like you could disappear? Like you could fall and no one would hear.


 

Evan Hansen: [at Connor’s memorial service] That’s the gift he gave me. To show me that I wasn’t alone. Nobody is. That’s the gift that he gave all of us. I just wish, I wish we could’ve given that to him.


 

Evan Hansen: [singing at Connor’s memorial service] So, let that lonely feeling wash away. Maybe there’s a reason to believe you’ll be okay. Because when you don’t feel strong enough to stand, you can reach, reach out your hand. And, oh, someone will come running. And I know they’ll take you home. Even when the dark comes crashing through, when you need a friend to carry you, and when you’re broken on the ground, you will be found.


 

Jared Kalwani: [referring to Evan’s memorial speech] People started sharing it. And now, I mean, it’s everywhere.


 

Evan Hansen: I don’t understand what happened.
Cynthia Murphy: You did.


 

Zoe Murphy: Everything you said in your speech. Everything you’ve done. You don’t know how much you’ve given all of us. My family. Me.
Evan Hansen: No. No, I…
Zoe Murphy: You’ve given me my brother back.


 

Heidi Hansen: [to Evan] I’m so happy you had a friend, sweetheart. And I’m sorry he’s gone. I just wish I’d known. That speech you gave, it… I don’t even know what to say. I’m proud of you.


 

Zoe Murphy: [to Evan] It’s just that, my whole life, everything has been about him. And maybe the two of us, maybe we don’t have to talk about my brother all the time. Maybe we can talk about other things. I like you. And it’s not because you were friends with my brother, or because of The Connor Project. I like you because you.


 

Heidi Hansen: [as the Murphys offer to pay Evan’s college fees] I don’t want my son to get the idea that it’s okay to rely on other people for favors.
Larry Mora: Well, it’s not a favor.
Heidi Hansen: But as his mother, I need to set that example. You can’t expect things from strangers.
Cynthia Murphy: We’re not strangers.
Heidi Hansen: No, of course not. But you’re not family either.


 

Heidi Hansen: They think you’re their son, these people.
Evan Hansen: They’re not “these people”.
Heidi Hansen: They don’t really know you.
Evan Hansen: Well, they like me. They like me. I know that that’s very hard for you to believe, that they don’t think I’m, you know, that there’s something wrong with me. That I need to be like fixed, like you do.


 

Heidi Hansen: There’s nothing wrong with needing help, honey.
Evan Hansen: Just stop. I know that there is, and I know that I’m a burden. That I’m the worst thing that ever happened to you. And I just, well, I just ruined your life, okay?!
Heidi Hansen: No. You are the best thing. You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me. I’m sorry I can’t give you anything more than that.
Evan Hansen: It’s not my fault if other people can.


 

Alana Beck: Were you ever actually friends with him?
Evan Hansen: What are you talking about?


 

Alana Beck: [to Evan] We have people watching us, hoping, praying that we can prove Connor wrong. And if the orchard is just an empty promise, all of those people will know that Connor was right. That no one cares. Did you lie to me? Did I lie to all these people?


 

Evan Hansen: [referring to the “Dear Evan Hanson” letter] Alana, you have to take it down, okay? They’ve been through enough.
Alana Beck: I took it down already, Evan. But it doesn’t matter, because it’s everywhere.


 

Cynthia Murphy: He was trying to be better! He was trying!
Larry Mora: And he was failing.
Cynthia Murphy: We failed him.
Evan Hansen: No, you didn’t. No, you didn’t. You didn’t fail him.
Cynthia Murphy: Read the note.
Evan Hansen: He didn’t write it. I wrote it.
Cynthia Murphy: You didn’t write Connor’s suicide note.
Evan Hansen: It was an assignment from my therapist. Write a letter to yourself, a pep talk.


 

Zoe Murphy: What are you saying?
Evan Hansen: We weren’t friends.


 

Evan Hansen: I never meant to make it such a mess. I never thought that it would go this far.


 

Cynthia Murphy: [to Evan] I think it’s time for you to go.


 

Evan Hansen: It isn’t fair, okay? You can’t let people just blame you and your parents. They need to know it was me, okay? I’m the one people should hate.
Zoe Murphy: Yeah, well, we’re not telling anyone.
Evan Hansen: You have to.
Zoe Murphy: It’s not my decision. It’s my mom’s. She doesn’t want to ruin your life. She’s afraid you’ll do something stupid. Like hurt yourself. She said they already lost one son. Can you just leave my family alone, okay?


 

Heidi Hansen: You wrote this? Connor’s note? I didn’t know.
Evan Hansen: No one did.
Heidi Hansen: No, honey, that’s not what I meant. I didn’t know that you were hurting like that. That you felt… I didn’t know.
Evan Hansen: I lied. I lied about so many things. Not just Connor.


 

Evan Hansen: If you knew who I am. Just how just broken I am.
Heidi Hansen: I already know you. And I love you. I can promise you that, someday, all of this is going to feel like a very long time ago.


 

Heidi Hansen: [to Evan] It’s going to get better, I promise.


 

Evan Hansen: [filming himself to post on Instagram] I was never friends with Connor Murphy. I lied, repeatedly, to his family, to Alana, to all of you. I’m not asking for your forgiveness. I don’t deserve it. But, please, Connor’s family doesn’t deserve your hatred. I do. I’m sorry.


 

Zoe Murphy: [at the apple orchard] I always picture you and Connor here. Even though…
Evan Hansen: This is my first time. It’s nice. Peaceful.
Zoe Murphy: My parents come here all the time. We do picnics like every weekend. Lots of gluten-free sandwiches. It’s helped them a lot, actually. Having this.


 

Evan Hansen: What I did, I can’t even… It’s the worst thing anyone can do.
Zoe Murphy: I wish we could have met now. Today. For the first time.
Evan Hansen: Me too.


 

Evan Hansen: [referring to the apple orchard] Can I just ask you, why did you want to meet here?
Zoe Murphy: I wanted to be sure that you saw this. He really loved it here.


 

Evan Hansen: [writing to himself] Dear Evan Hansen, today is going to be a good day, and here’s why. Because today, no matter what else, today at least you’re you. No hiding, no lying. And that’s enough. So no matter how hard it gets, even if it feels impossible, this time you’ll know. Don’t let go. Just hold on, and keep going. Just keep going.
Evan Hansen: [sings] Today, today. Today, it feels a little closer.

 


 

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