The film 'The Guilty,' starring Jake Gyllenhaal, is a tedious exercise in overwrought mood lighting and forced emotional response through facial expressions.

There is nothing really that condemns Dear Evan Hansen to servitude as a schlocky manipulating musical, it just kind of ends up that way all on its own.

While there may be more ambition and intention than is fully realized in the end product, what is produced is a remarkable and rewarding exploration of the immigration system.