Andrew plays Jonathan Larson, a real-life theatre wonderkid who died tragically only days before the premiere of his era-defining and revolutionary musical “Rent.” Just to be clear, Andrew Garfield had no prior experience in the theatre when he signed on for this film. He jumped at the chance and said, “As artists and as human beings, how can we stay on the edge of ourselves, always extending and evolving, and having our consciousness and sense of self stretched, without those forms of challenges?”
Personally, this was Andrew’s best on screen performance till date, A revelation with a magnetic performance up there with his strongest till date. I have been a fan of him since his Amazing Spiderman Series and now seeing him potraying Jonathan Larson, is literally a treat to the eyes and ears. He sings, acts, cries, laughs, and showcases perfection in each and every breath that he takes in the movie.
The story is both genuine and unique, as well as universal. It’s thought-provoking, and it has a lot of fantastic concepts running through it. What Lin did with the narrative, I believe, truly pulled us inside Jonathan Larson’s head. He was able to take Jonathan’s songs and visually display them in such a way that they added to the narrative in ways that neither the script nor the book could.
At the end, I just want to mention that this movie is literally a love letter for all the die hard musical fans. And I would like to end this with a quote from the movie, for you all to read and interpret and do comment below what is your interpretation.
“𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑲𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝑨𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝑯𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒔 ” – (Tick, Tick… boom! 2021)
– A Review By Aaditya Bajpai
