Have you seen the stage show? I’ll see the film out of curiosity, but would only see the show at a serious discount.
I think Ben Platt has a lovely voice but I didn’t quite warm to him in The Politician. The “he looks old” thing was a bit OTT as he looks younger than the entire cast of Grease and Beverly Hills 90210, and probably some later teen shows I can’t remember right now because I’m feeling so very old at the moment.
Maybe because the character of Evan Hansen is supposed to be quite emotionally young (guessing here), whereas the aforementioned film/show portrays their teens as sexually experienced adults who just go to school?
I’ll never forget some complete idiot when we saw The Exorcist on stage, going on and on in the interval about the actress playing Regan NOT BEING 12
when she probably looked like a young 19. So does it really matter?