What a blast. And finally a movie that really went under my skin this year. A great portrayal of an artist that left the stage far too soon. An emotional musical about ambition, friendship and just living towards your dreams.
Its contains a sensational performance by Andrew Garfield in the role of Jonathan Larson. 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. With the charm and looks of a young Tom Hanks, Andrew Garfield really and once for all pushed himself to the firmament of Hollywood. Fantastic.
Robin de Jesus once again pulled out a fantastic supporting performance. He already made my Top 5 last year with his tremendously underrated performance in "The Boys in the Band" . Glad he is finally getting the attention he deserves. Alexandra Shipp rounds the cast up with a wonderful turn. 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.
I also liked Judith Light whose role was a bit cartoonish but fun. And last but not least Bradley Whitford was wonderful in his short performance. Definitely noteworthy.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's directional debut was filled with great aspects as editing, sound and cinematography. Miranda showed great care for his character and knew what kind of story he wanted to tell.. It may have had some lengths at the beginning but then, tick, tick... BOOM!
Its contains a sensational performance by Andrew Garfield in the role of Jonathan Larson. 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. With the charm and looks of a young Tom Hanks, Andrew Garfield really and once for all pushed himself to the firmament of Hollywood. Fantastic.
Robin de Jesus once again pulled out a fantastic supporting performance. He already made my Top 5 last year with his tremendously underrated performance in "The Boys in the Band" . Glad he is finally getting the attention he deserves. Alexandra Shipp rounds the cast up with a wonderful turn. 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.
I also liked Judith Light whose role was a bit cartoonish but fun. And last but not least Bradley Whitford was wonderful in his short performance. Definitely noteworthy.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's directional debut was filled with great aspects as editing, sound and cinematography. Miranda showed great care for his character and knew what kind of story he wanted to tell.. It may have had some lengths at the beginning but then, tick, tick... BOOM!