If you loved Permanent Record, try Dear Evan Hansen
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Permanent Record, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Dear Evan Hansen is
Mean Girls meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Socially anxious teen Evan Hansen gets entangled in a lie after a classmate's family mistakes his letter. Ben Platt carries this portrait of millennial angst.

