Tick tick..Boo directed by Lin Manuel Miranda this adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s play is something special - featuring a tour de force performance from Andrew Garfield,

| Dec 24, 2024

Miranda has made something kinetic and intimate with material not easily adapted for the screen. It is a fan’s tribute, yes, but quite a clever one.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 10, 2024

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.

| Original Score: C= | Mar 1, 2024

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.

| Jul 26, 2023

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 performances of his career.

| Original Score: A | Jul 25, 2023

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, and every bit of darkness before the rewarding breakthrough.

| Jul 23, 2023

The framing device is able to enhance and benefit the story by putting songs side by side to the events they’re depicting in both comedic and dramatic senses, and it centers on the heart of the musical, Jonathan Larson.

| Jul 19, 2023

Thanks to Garfield’s eccentric performance, tick, tick… BOOM is a film worth remembering. It may feel like doomsday, but that’s when you need to soldier on. It’s on Netflix and is worth a watch.

| Feb 10, 2023

tick, tick…BOOM! is imbued with the dreary haze of 1990s malaise with bits of musical inspiration punctuating its at-times-joyous and at-times-heartrending nearly two-hour production

| Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 26, 2022

"The film is beautifully rendered and expertly crafted. The immense research effort involved in this endeavor is readily apparent, and Miranda shows his work at every step of the way."

| Nov 19, 2022

Andrew Garfield’s poignant exploration of Jonathan Larson’s persona and professional struggles is remarkable.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 21, 2022

Andrew Garfield is glorious in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s tick, tick… BOOM!, an arresting adaptation of its soulful source material that should satisfy fans and mesmerize even more with the music of Jonathan Larson.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 1, 2022

Tick, Tick...boom! pays homage to the life and anxiety of Rent composer Jonathan Larson.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 17, 2022

Plays like something that desperately had to come to fruition, both in Miranda's quest to pay tribute, and in Larson's initial efforts to turn his Superbia experience into something creatively meaningful.

Full Review | Aug 13, 2022

A perfect film for fans of musical theater.

| May 19, 2022

A riveting tribute to Jonathan Larson that's difficult to believe this is a directorial debut. A magnetic performance from Garfield as Larson.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 4, 2022

In the hands of Miranda and Garfield, this becomes a form of desperation in which every song is forced out as a last-ditch effort.

| Mar 28, 2022

Much to our delight, in the hands of Miranda and Levenson, ticktickBOOM! works even better as a movie, told in a mix of style that includes both full-on, old-school production numbers and diegetic songs.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 13, 2022

Everything clicked. The performances are great, the music is excellent, I think its directed superbly and the editing is incredibly slick.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 13, 2022

tick, tick...BOOM! showcases the story of Jonathan Larson's life with memorable performances and an interesting visual style connecting organic and stylized performances. Garfields charm and energy were a perfect match for representing Larson

| Mar 8, 2022