Juxtapositions of the same-titled play narrated by Garfield and the scenes playing out provide an exciting yet devastating backstory to Larson...

| Dec 4, 2021

With "tick, tick ... BOOM!", Miranda has done [Larson] proud.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 24, 2021

Tick, Tick... Boom! is a totem for the thrills and trials of making art, with all the sacrifices and empathy it requires.

| Original Score: A- | Nov 24, 2021

Larson's story comes to the screen as it should: blending fact and fiction, terrific music and self-effacing charm, with a spirit of innovation and love for the theater.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 23, 2021

With Tick, Tick ... Boom, Miranda celebrates the power and the pressure of the world he loves most, and he's picked a subject who encapsulates those warring dynamics perfectly.

| Nov 22, 2021

It really is a fascinating portrait of this one person's specific creative process.

| Nov 20, 2021

Exuberant and big-hearted, the film directorial debut of Lin-Manuel Miranda stars Andrew Garfield as the late composer of Rent.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 20, 2021

Miranda's tick, tick...Boom! is (New York City's) rapturous love song, a collaboration between himself, and Stevenson, and Larson, and all of us who sing along.

| Nov 20, 2021

Director Lin-Manuel Miranda and screenwriter Steven Levenson... have found ingenious ways to film Larson's gangly riot, cogently and poignantly.

| Nov 19, 2021

Deftly expanding the source material into a movie, the film is anchored by a sensational performance by Andrew Garfield as Larson.

| Nov 19, 2021

Though this film could do with more sex, drugs and nuance, it has glorious interludes and a genuinely interesting message.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 19, 2021

A love letter to Broadway musicals and the artists who create them.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 19, 2021

The creator of 'Hamilton,' Lin Manuel Miranda, offers a stirring tribute to the creator of 'Rent,' Jonathan Larson, whose too short life-as acted and sung by the sensational Andrew Garfield-becomes a love letter to his soaring spirit.

| Nov 19, 2021

As a tribute, it's affectionate if sentimental. As a musical, it's dated. The film suffers from the same self-regard as the character played by Garfield.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 19, 2021

tick, tick... BOOM! never quite resolves that tension between well-attended wake and intimate memoir.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 19, 2021

"Tick, Tick... Boom!" is a knockout, a movie musical that grabs hold of the viewer at the beginning and never lets go.

| Original Score: A | Nov 18, 2021

A self-portrait of the artist as an angst-ridden wretch, which Miranda has reverently dusted and polished like a sacred totem for a select cult.

| Original Score: B- | Nov 18, 2021

The film is a bit untidy, but it doesn't matter because Garfield's performance is just so amazing. Were you aware he could sing? That man can sing. He can dance, too!

| Nov 18, 2021

"Tick, Tick...Boom!" is stuffed with great musical numbers and captures what it means to be an artist.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 18, 2021

This is a celebration, not a dissection. On those terms, it's also a great success.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 17, 2021