Tick tick boom movie review gets a big thumbs from

It’s here, yes…Netflix’s latest big hitter ‘Tick Tick Boom‘ is a musical drama and the feature directorial debut of Lin-Manuel Miranda, based on the semi-autobiographical musical of the same name by Jonathan Larson. Set in 1990, the film follows an aspiring musical composer named Jon (Garfield) who endures a quarter-life crisis as he approaches the age of 30 where he did not feel close to achieving his dream.

Tick Tick Boom focuses on Jon trying to make something out of his unsuccessful career thus far and his relationship with his girlfriend Susan (Shipp) and his roommate and childhood friend Michael (de Jesus). Jon is torn between following his dream of composing and opting for security and family in a different career. However, Susan wants to raise a family and does not view that as compatible with Jon’s “starving artist” lifestyle.

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Andrew Garfield transforms into musical visionary Jonathan Larson in director Lin-Manuel Miranda’s stunning film adaptation of TICK, TICK…BOOM!

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The best part about Tick Tick Boom is definitely the performances, especially Garfield as Jon. Meanwhile, despite being Miranda’s directorial debut, he does a great job behind the camera by perhaps using some of his past experience creating and starring in such Broadway musicals as In the Heights and Hamilton.

Twitter has blown up over the ex Spider-man’s apperance with one user commenting ‘Let’s stop asking Andrew Garfield about the next Spider-Man film and let’s start asking him about the Oscar he’s getting for #TickTickBoom‘

Musical fans are going to find this quite irresistible. It is mostly charming while boasting several emotional moments as well. While a large portion of audiences will flock to Tick Tick Boom boom for Garfield alone, the film is much more than just that. It is a well directed, well written, beautifully-immersive film with great performances. It is more about certain moments than it was about mere plot therefore certain scenes go on longer than they should have.

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Though sometimes those lengths work, other times they don’t. The filmmakers use a staged performance of the staged musical, with Jon leading a small electric band in a selection of songs, to frame the central narrative consisting of dramatic scenes.

At the end of the day, Tick Tick Boom is a stellar film that pulls audiences into its story thanks to likable lead characters. Though its pacing slows down at times, it is definitely still worth the watch overall.

So join in and enjoy Tick, Tick… BOOM! – Which is out now on Netflix.

Words by Anmol Pandhi and Editor