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I watched Antlers at an early screening expecting to see a decent horror film. Turns out Antlers in neither decent nor horror. The movie is not scary at all. The only thing that might be placing it into the horror genre is the gruesome imagery that it includes but other than that it would be fair to call it more like a fantasy mystery film that's a little spookier than expected. But even if you are not looking for a horror film Antlers is still bad. The dialogues are cringy and full of cliches. I was bored towards the middle because the progress of the movie is pretty slow and with very little action happening in every act. Even the third act isn't really rewarding. Wouldn't recommend it especially when your options include Halloween Kills.

I've been listening to the soundtrack of Dear Evan Hansen for years now and since I'm not from the U. S and could never watch it live, I would always like to picture how the show was, with the singing bits and everything. You can imagine my excitement when I found out they're adapting it into a movie... and then my disappointment when I saw how badly reviewed it was. I just saw it today and I can definitely say that it wasn't bad but I kinda have mixed feelings about it. First of all they cut out the "Anybody Have a Map?" song which is the first song that really helps us understand the main characters and to me it's one of my favorite and most meaningful songs of the entire musical. It helped me picture everything so well and understand Evan and Connor despite the fact the I had never seen the entire show. So yeah that really hurt. The songs that are actually in the movie are performed kind of awkwardly at least that's what it seems like to me ( I don't know if that was the purpose or if that vibe is actually present in the live show as well), with some exceptions of course. My favorite song which is "Sincerely, Me" is actually exactly as I pictured it and very well performed so this is a plus. Moving on, the acting is pretty decent as an all star cast is present. I'll be honest I don't mind Ben Platt or the fact that he is older, to me it just doesn't seem that off although I can see why it could bother other people. I'm personally used to watching older people playing teens, it's a very common thing in movies and I think Platt did a very solid job as Evan Hansen. He seems to know the part very well and I really have no complaints. Amy Adams is glorious and she made me cry several times with her performance. Julianne Moore is also there (for no obvious reason) but her talent is pretty wasted as her part doesn't really allow her to do much. It's small and really absent from the whole story. The plot can be problematic from time to time but that's not actually very much of the movie's fault since it's an adaptation and all the problems of the original version of the play are clearly there. We can tell that it's a story that means well and tries to tell something significant but it doesn't really use the right ways to do so. Over all though it's a heartwarming story, very emotional and about a very sensitive matter that I know is going to affect a lot of people that go to the theaters to watch it like it did with me. The reviews really led me to believe that it was going to be a lot worse than it actually was. Of course it's not perfect, several flaws are mentioned in here to prove it but it's not by any means unwatchable or awful. I had a good time, I sang along to the beloved soundtrack and I went through all the emotions I thought I would. Again I can not tell if it was a good adaptation of the Broadway play but as a person that hasn't seen it I can say that Dear Evan Hansen is fine. If you loved the soundtrack like me and you wanna see it in action then this probably covers you. On the other hand if you are not a fan of musicals and have never heard of Dear Evan Hansen before I really don't recommend it. There are better movies out there to watch especially in the musical category. Hope this helps you make up your mind!

I went to an early screening of the movie with high expectations since I'm a Clint Eastwood fan. The story seemed very promising and heartwarming and knowing Clint Eastwood I expected to cry my eyes out inside the theater. That's not what happened. At all. I almost fell asleep. The movies starts off pretty straight forward and the main story kicks of immediately. It continues to remain interesting for the first half hour but after that it seems like the screen writers had run out of ideas. The plot kinda stops and the only thing we are witnessing are Mike Mailo and Raffa hanging out. Nothing happens to move the plot forward. It's so forgettable that two days have passed and I'm struggling to remember what happened in order to write this review. The acting is also not good at all as Raff's lack of talent is obvious (Eastwood is great as always of course but unfortunately he is not alone in the movie). It's not a bad film but it's extremely unremarkable. You could save yourself some time and money by watching something else.