Director: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Cast: Andrew Garfield , Alexandra Shipp , Robin deJesus , Vanessa Hudgens , Joshua Henry , Jonathan Marc Sherman , Judith Light , Bradley Whitford , Michaela MJ Rodriguez , Joel Perez
Plot: Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his feature directorial debut with tick, tick...BOOM!, an adaptation of the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, who revolutionized theater as the creator of Rent. The film follows Jon (Academy Award nominee and Tony Award winner Andrew Garfield), a young theater composer who's waiting tables at a New York City diner in 1990 while writing what he hopes will be the next great American musical. Days before he's due to showcase his work in a make-or-break performance, Jon is feeling the pressure from everywhere: from his girlfriend Susan, who dreams of an artistic life beyond New York City; from his friend Michael, who has moved on from his dream to a life of financial security; amidst an artistic community being ravaged by the AIDS epidemic. With the clock ticking, Jon is at a crossroads and faces the question everyone must reckon with: What are we meant to do with the time we have? its gonna tick, tick...BOOM!
My Movie Review: The movie is inspirational cool giving us glimpse of one artist pan out his journey to success despite his heartbreaks of losing friends came to the other side in creating a life worth living through his music and show stopping production truly a masterpice unfolding! Before Rent, there was Tick, Tick... Boom!. This autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning composer of Rent, is the story of a composer and the sacrifices that he made to achieve his big break in theatre and crossing boundaries abroad! It is 1990 with one week until his 30th birthday, Jon, a musical theater composer, describes the anxiety he feels as he ages, and the mounting pressure to write a truly successful musical that Tick, Tick... Boom is vivid and authentic work as this adaptation starts from a better place:) The music and general plot outline is Larson's most engaging work and the film does a really good job of turning what began life as a monologue into a cinematic story that celebrates living! The title Tick, Tick... Boom refers to the “twin ticking clocks of his potential and his friend's life, both of which he feared might be about to run out,” per Vox, as Larson had already lost several friends to the AIDS crisis and his real-life best friend had told him he'd contracted HIV instantly!
Critics Consensus: tick, tick... BOOM! makes musical magic out of a story focused on the creative process -- an impressive feat for debuting director Lin-Manuel Miranda. Juxtapositions of the same-titled play narrated by Garfield and the scenes playing out provide an exciting yet devastating backstory to Larson... Tick, Tick... Boom! is a totem for the thrills and trials of making art, with all the sacrifices and empathy it requires. If anything, I think the material would work better as a stage production, purely letting Jonathan Larson shine with a single spotlight. I would love to see Garfield play the role again soon if that is the case. The main takeaway is as an artist you have to learn from your mistakes and keep moving forward to refine your craft. It is a reminder that time can run out soon. The film is exhilarating, it’s gut-wrenching, and it captures so much of what creativity leaves people blistered and bruised with exhaustion, pain, sadness, every bit of darkness before the rewarding breakthrough. The framing device is able to enhance and benefit the story by putting songs side by side to the events they’re depicting in comedic and dramatic senses, centers on the heart of the musical, Jonathan Larson. Boasting memorable, addictive, first-rate music performed by astonishingly talented actors, Lin-Manuel Miranda delivers one of the best musical films of the century! Andrew Garfield offers one of the best performance of his career! Thanks his eccentric performance make it' worth remembering!
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