He's been toiling with a satirical sci-fi musical opus for years and is close to finishing it for a make-or-break presentation.
#BOOM BOOM BOOM EVERYBODY SAY WAY HO MOVIE#
The movie is semi-autobiographical about Larson (Andrew Garfield) on the verge of turning 30 in New York City in 1990 without achieving his big artistic dreams. The story, and consequently the movie, feel like a lob to the insulated world of theater aficionados. He never lived to see the tremendous success of Rent and that legacy is the emotional substance of tick, tick.
Larson would go on to create the hit musical Rent but died before it opened to the public, succumbing to a sudden aortic aneurysm at the age of 35. This is Miranda's directorial debut, which Netflix won in a bidding war, and it's filled to the brim with Broadway legends and theater titans who all want to rally to the cause of bringing alive the other show of Jonathan Larson's tragically short career. BOOM! is a cause celebre that has attracted none other than the likes of Lin Manuel-Miranda. Now streaming on Netflix, I highly recommend checking it out. I was thoroughly impressed by the movie as a whole. Juggling scenes from the past, present, and actual scenes of Garfield narrating in-person, there is a lot going on here and it never feels like a mess. With Miranda's superb direction and their frenetic editing, this movie wouldn't have worked quite as well as it did. Being an editor myself, I would be remiss if I didn't also commend both Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum for their incredible editing job here. I also appreciate when a musical goes the extra mile to feel different from others and tick, tick, BOOM! absolutely does that. Overall, if you're a fan of musicals, I think you'll find it hard to dislike this one. The fact that this feels both like a low-budget indie and an expensive musical at times was a very nice blend. This film felt like a breath of fresh air for the musical genre. By the end of the film, I just wanted to start it again to appreciate it even more. There are quite a few scenes throughout the first two acts where the songs are just random lines of dialogue being sung, which worked great, but I needed to adjust to that style. I will admit that this film took a little longer than expect to win me over, but that's only because the musical numbers were not what I was expecting. I would not be surprised if he starts getting nominated for this performance in the coming months. There is one monologue that he signs at the end of the film that brought me to tears. His performance with dialogue is great as always here, but the added depth that it's actually him singing is what sold the conclusion of the film for me. I've been a massive fan of him since his incredible work in The Social Network and have loved him in nearly everything since, but I had no idea he was also musically talented. Now, to talk about the true star of the show here, Andrew Garfield as Jonathan Larson. The film crescendos with some of the best musical moments I've seen in quite a few years though, so the slow build to the conclusion felt very moving. There are very rarely numbers for the sake of having numbers and I loved that. There are quite a few musical numbers, but most of them are calm, quiet, or story-driven. Trying to write a musical that he hopes will make him famous, while also juggling losing friends, loved ones, and a girlfriend that is likely moving in a different direction, the optimism that this film holds onto is breathtaking. As the awards season ramps up, here's why tick, tick, BOOM! should absolutely be on your radar.īased on the true story of the life of Jonathan Larson (Andrew Garfield) before he created the renowned musical Rent, tick, tick, BOOM! chronicles the period in his life when nothing was going right for him. tick, tick… BOOM! has just started streaming on Netflix and I was already intrigued due to it being the first film that Lin-Manuel Miranda has ever directed, and all I will start off with saying is that he absolutely knocked it out of the park for his first time. There's usually something great to see in theatres or on streaming when the holidays begin to roll around, due to the fact that studios like to dump their movies at the end of the year for awards consideration.
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