Read the Reviews for the Filmed Version of Hamilton | Playbill

The Verdict Read the Reviews for the Filmed Version of Hamilton The musical arrives on Disney+ July 3.
Daveed Diggs, Okieriete Onaodowan, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom, Jr., and Anthony Ramos in Hamilton Disney+

Hamilton is already a cultural juggernaut, but what did critics think of the musical's move to the screen? The reviews are trickling in; take a look.

While you can read the reviews, those eager to catch the filmed version on Disney+ will have to "wait for it" for at least a few days longer. Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony- and Pulitzer-winning musical drops on the streaming platform July 3.

Until then, read the reviews below.

Associated Press (Mark Kennedy)

The Chicago Tribune (Chris Jones)

CNET (Patricia Puentes)

CNN (Brian Lowry)

Collider (Matt Goldberg)

The Daily Beast (Kevin Fallon)

Deadline (Pete Hammond)

Decider (Meghan O'Keefe)

The Globe and Mail (Barry Hertz)

The Guardian (Arifa Akbar)

The Hollywood Reporter (David Rooney)

IndieWire (David Ehrlich)

Los Angeles Times (Justin Chang)

Mashable (Angie Han)

New York Stage Review (Steven Suskin)

Newsday (Rafer Guzmán)

The New York Post (Johnny Oleksinski)

New York Stage Review (Steven Suskin)

The New York Times (A.O. Scott)

NPR (Linda Holmes)

Observer (David Cote)

Theater News Online (Jeremy Gerard)

Time (Stephanie Zacharek)

USA Today (Brian Truitt)

Variety (Peter Debruge)

Vox (Alissa Wilkinson)

The Wall Street Journal (John Anderson)

The Wrap (Thom Geier)

The "movie" captures a June 2016 performance of the musical, with the full original principal cast taking center stage in closeup: Miranda as Alexander Hamilton, Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr, Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler, Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson, Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton, Christopher Jackson as George Washington, Jonathan Groff as King George, Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds, Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison, and Anthony Ramos as John Laurens/Philip Hamilton.

Though initially announced for a theatrical premiere in October 2021, Disney secured the title for an earlier at-home release amid the coronavirus pandemic, giving theatre enthusiasts some good news amid the continued shutdown of Broadway and performing arts organizations worldwide. Disney and Miranda produce the filmed version with Jeffrey Seller and director Thomas Kail.

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