![]() Lin-Manuel Miranda's directional debut was filled with great aspects as editing, sound and cinematography. And last but not least Bradley Whitford was wonderful in his short performance. I also liked Judith Light whose role was a bit cartoonish but fun. Her singing number is the peak of the film but also the performance around it is filled with a great amount of naturalism and convincing from the first to the last minute she is on screen. Alexandra Shipp rounds the cast up with a wonderful turn. Glad he is finally getting the attention he deserves. He already made my Top 5 last year with his tremendously underrated performance in "The Boys in the Band". Robin de Jesus once again pulled out a fantastic supporting performance. With the charm and looks of a young Tom Hanks, Andrew Garfield really and once for all pushed himself to the firmament of Hollywood. Not only can he sing brilliantly but the way he embodied that role, captured and expressed the emotions and really developed into it was just out of this world and can easily marked down as one of the best performances of the year. Its contains a sensational performance by Andrew Garfield in the role of Jonathan Larson. An emotional musical about ambition, friendship and just living towards your dreams. A great portrayal of an artist that left the stage far too soon. And finally a movie that really went under my skin this year. It is his career best performance to date. He is frenetic, loud, theatrical, authentic, funny, heartbreaking and authentic. But above all Garfield is *perfect* in this. I don't like how a straight guy is again at the center of an AIDS story. But you can lob some of the same criticism at this as you can RENT-the material has a blinkered idea of what selling out is, there's some questionable characterizations. ![]() People who generally don't like musicals might find this one's scale and intimacy appealing. ![]() The intercutting of the story, show and home movies reminded me a little of Chicago (2002) or All That Jazz (from the 70's) in how the songs are woven around the plot. The formal editing and direction choices-and how the script motivates the various vignettes-makes the film feel alive and the songs makes sense in universe. The film does a *really* good job of turning what began life as a monologue into a cinematic story. The music and general plot outline is Larson's most engaging work. So this adaptation starts from a better place than the RENT film a few years back. Tick, Tick.Boom is a more vivid and authentic work. I find the show's treatment of AIDS especially distasteful. I think RENT (in any form) is a pretty poor musical, regardless of how you look at it.
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