{"id":3034,"date":"2022-04-19T15:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T21:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=3034"},"modified":"2022-03-31T07:31:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T13:31:11","slug":"movie-tick-tick-boom-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/19\/movie-tick-tick-boom-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE: Tick, Tick…Boom! (2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tick,Tick, Tick…Boom!<\/u><\/strong>
Year: 2021
Rating: PG-13
Length: 115 minutes \/ 1.92 hours<\/p>\n

I have never seen Rent<\/em>. I’m loosely aware of what it’s about, and I know it’s one of the most highly regarded musicals to have ever been created, but I’ve never seen it. In fact, I don’t think I could tell you the title of any song from Rent<\/em>. Before I watched Tick, Tick…Boom!<\/em> (2021), which seems to align with Rent<\/em>‘s 25th anniversary, I was loosely aware that this movie was about the creation of this iconic musical. Except, that’s the thing: it’s not.<\/p>\n

Perhaps I was expecting a musical-style Shakespeare in Love<\/em> (1998) that puts Jonathan Larson (Andrew Garfield) through the story beats to create Rent<\/em>. Instead, there are only hints of Rent<\/em> in this movie that focuses on Larson’s desire to create something important before he’s 30 (as a 36-year-old, may I say…”ouch”). Sure, there are musical bits in this movie, but another thing I was unaware of with Rent<\/em> is how the songs are mostly just talking. The actors don’t sing the songs, rather just rhythmically reciting them to the audience. I get that technique was revolutionary in the mid-90s, but it’s still a bit jarring when I was expecting a more traditional musical.<\/p>\n

For a movie taking place in the early to mid-90s, I had to cringe at the cultural aesthetic. Since I grew up in this timeframe, this movie made me realize how ghastly the fashion and interior decoration really was. Tick, Tick…Boom!<\/em> really nails the realism of this decade’s look, but it makes me wonder if Gen-X or Baby Boomers have similar movies that make them recoil from the stark reality of the design choices for their time. At any rate, this movie wasn’t what I had expected, but I enjoyed Andrew Garfield’s standout performance, and perhaps for people who really like Rent<\/em>, they’ll get a kick out of it too.<\/p>\n

A Rent<\/em> musical prequel that’s not entirely about Rent<\/em>, I give Tick, Tick…Boom!<\/em> 3.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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