Love, Simon - Official Movie Review

[@nickymo]

This movie looks pretty fucking delightful Edit: it was

[@CitizenDevi]

Yes!! So glad you loved it! I liked the book a lot, even as a straight guy this hit home for me. This film needed to happen and I can't wait to see it. I also love the casting choices btw. :)

[@adrijanc.8816]

I'm happy to hear that. I am disappointed though to see many other straight guys downvoting this on imdb or other review sites by giving it a 1, it's a shame.

[@sinamcminn5136]

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[@CitizenDevi]

Ikram Abdinur what do you mean?

[@quentinbell3035]

He is sooo me "Hey, I like your boots" lol! My way of flirting

[@stephaniel2850]

I'm really excited to see it! But also, just on the topic of this movie opening the door for other more diverse LGBT stories: There's another absolutely wonderful and life affirming YA novel called Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe about gay Mexican American kids in the 1980s (imagine: a gay story taking place in the 1980s in Texas, no less, and it is HAPPY!), and there have currently been script readings for a movie adaptation, so I'm super super excited for that to happen in hopefully 2019 :D It's still cis gay guys and everything, but the Mexican aspect of things plays a big role in the story, which is a nice diverse touch! So yeah, I'm thrilled at the possibilities for other LGBT stories (coming of age and otherwise) if Love, Simon has opened the door for these types of narratives to become totally mainstream! But in it's own right, as well, Love Simon looks really lovely and adorable and I can't wait to see it :)

[@jackyj1204]

Aaah I love Aristotle and Dante! I wasnt aware a movie was in the works for that as well. So happy about that :)

[@stephaniel2850]

It's one of my favorite books :D And yep, all seems to be going well with the movie process - they actually just had a public reading of the script a week or two ago, and reports floating around the internet from people who went are that it is wonderful! Also the kids they cast so far (though casting is subject to change as it's still early in the process) seem really perfect

[@jackyj1204]

Thats amazing. I just saw some pics and I'm happy the author seems heavily involved. Can't wait to follow the progress of this movie!

[@horsemann7354]

Stephanie L hoping They cast actual young people, like kids, for it. My favorite book ever

[@Sw33tLori]

I loved Aristotle and Dante and I can't wait to see it as a movie, especially because the characters are people of colour. So many of these lgbt films are all white characters.

[@movieman82us]

I just looked it up and Alonso was on point. It really was filmed in Georgia. It was filmed in Atlanta. Kinda funny how he guessed right.

[@bettyg9707]

Just like Alonso said, it's so white and middle clasa cuz if not, it will not even be made.

[@diegom6053]

There's nothing wrong with that. It's what people will see.

[@AWSVids]

So Moonlight wasn’t made? Can people please stop trying so hard to be good little social justice warriors every single second of every single day? There’s no reason to criticize a movie JUST for having white middle class characters. We can elevate more diverse content without having to shit on white people’s content. To criticize a movie just for having white characters is just as racist as it would be to criticize a movie for having black characters. Being racist against white people is not the solution to racism. It just adds more racism.

[@jcmea13]

Moonlight was a small indie on a 3 million dollar budget not a big movie wide released by a major studio

[@diegom6053]

jcmea13 Yeah because Love Simon has a 50 million dollar budget? wtf u talking about. Both are low budget movies.

[@AWSVids]

And yet it was celebrated and won Best Picture, while Love Simon gets criticized just for having white middle-class characters and I highly doubt it will even be nominated for anything, let alone win Best Picture. So this whole notion that a movie like Love Simon is somehow inherently more accepted than something like Moonlight would be... is bullshit. Based on nothing more than a preconceived notion that everything is racist/sexist/classist/whatever-ist, even when the situation in question doesn't actually call for such notions. Sometimes a movie that happens to have white middle-class characters... just happens to have white middle-class characters. It's not like movies with white middle-class are just going to disappear going forward. So is this criticism going to happen every single time? If not, then why this time exactly? Of all movies to criticize for not being diverse enough, why choose a movie about a gay teen that has several people of color as supporting characters? It makes no sense.

[@sophiem6050]

People complaining that "Love, Simon" is "too white and too cis" pisses me off so much. The majority of America is white and cisgendered so of course, most American films are going to star white cis actors. Changing Simon to a poc trans/non-binary person would just be unfaithful to the novel and frankly would make no sense. Also two out four of Simon's best friends are black, the drama teacher is a black lesbian and two other notable characters/important characters are black. If people are that "sick of white cis gays" then how about they go write their own novels, their own scripts - instead of sitting and complaining.

[@AWSVids]

Fandom Trash Yeah, I really don’t get why that complaint has even been brought up. How is it not racist to criticize something for being “too white”? People really need to learn that being racist against white people is not the solution to racism. It just adds more racism.

[@vingram100]

You are no longer the majority, no mater what fake data you can create to manifest your superiority.

[@sophiem6050]

V Ingram ummmm cis people will always be the majority. Trans people make up 0.5-0.6% of the American population. And of course the ethnic minority population is growing but it is still not the majority - don’t know where you implied whit people were superior simply stating a fact they are the majority of the US. As I said - stop complaining and write your own stories instead of expecting others to do it for you

[@NuhanHidayat]

for me this movie is just like other Berlanti's YA movies, i give this movie solid 7 out of 10

[@pauldelgadillo1827]

I suggest that people red the book Love, Simon is based on "Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda." This is a line that Simon types in during one of his tirades to Blue early in their online relationship. I get that the movie had to take over three hundred pages and sqeeze it into a film that is actually long at one hour and fifty minutes. The film goes by fast and there are a few differences, why they got rid of Simon's eldest sister and why Simon's youngest sister wasn't in the girl grunge band with Leah was missed. Also, the many discussions about what Simon's mom does making all things Oreo. Also, Martin is given a pass in the film whereas in the book Simon decides not to befriend the guy anymore since Martin proves to be a selfish, self-interested prick.

[@Schmidteren]

9/10. Great movie.

[@jackeysmith19]

it really was a great movie and I usually hate comedy in movies i just find it cringey and awkward when no one laughs however this movie has some truly funny moments and the whole cinema I was in was laughing.

[@XFactorSports]

Watched last night with the girlfriend and her best friend and they were swooning and saying "awww" and crying like you'd expect 19 year old college students to be 😂. I thought it was very good besides the opening few minutes - the whole opening sequence was just so boring and seemed artificial so I was scared the rest of the movie would be the same. Glad to say that it was not!

[@PenjaminFranklyn]

Great review guys.

[@bascal133]

My hesitation isn’t that the character is white and male it’s the whole coming out plot line. Looking at his family and diverse friends I’m confused as to why he is so scared. It even takes place in modern day and it doesn’t seem to be set in like Alabama, what is making him think he is going to ruin his life by. Coming out.

[@mckennaa3641]

Bacall McElroy In the book he was afraid to come out because he was scared of his family and friends seeing him as a new person. He didn't want people to see him as anything but himself and he was worried that coming out as gay would make them treat him differently

[@mckennaa3641]

The movie does somewhat address that

[@twheeler1980]

Guessing that you never had to come out. If you have had to then you wouldn't be so bewildered. Sometimes the people you think will be fine disown you. Sometimes the people you think will freak out are like, "Meh."

[@jucurtis23]

4:20 An asian gay film? Anyone seen Wong Kai War's 'Happy Together'? (1997)

[@tophers3756]

For those whining "Wahhhh! He isn't a person of color or from the ghetto or dealing with gender dysphoria": if it doesn't appeal to you because it doesn't tick your boxes don't go see it.

[@CitizenDevi]

Wished the review was longer... but alright. No Ben so that's why.

[@DiscoverMontréal]

It was lovely.

[@SatiricalSpartan]

Thank you!

[@madianhaidar2549]

the movie was so cliche

[@adamhack3677]

This movie makes no sense. I live in germany and my boyfriend came out to eyeryone when he was jus 13 years old in 1980s and this movie is set in fucking 2018. such a disaapontment.

[@nateaiello681]

Why are teenage girls so into gay relationships?

[@nateaiello681]

What are the bullet point reasons why? They are more into gay men than other gay men.

[@nateaiello681]

okamilover99999 Yeah that sounds about right. It's a shame there aren't more gay people in the world. They would make everything more faboulous.

[@joeys4289]

You can't wear stripes on camera Alonso

[@tschrky303]

Don't tell him what he can't do!（ ´Д｀）

[@nyonelove7617]

Is every movie about coming out now?

[@SuperJoshuaAguilar]

NY OneLove not even like 10% of the movies right now are about coming out lol. That Italian one and the moonlight one.

[@movieman82us]

That is quite literally the dumbest thing I have ever read. One, maybe two movies come out in the past year or two come out about coming out and you asking if every movie is about coming out? Seriously?

[@enloveyduvey001]

chill

[@XFactorSports]

Not at all

[@JAYCEEDOUBLE]

The sjw gay agenda is upon us. We see wat u doin hollywood

[@TheCamcamTV]

This kid was so annoying in Jurassic world

[@JC-vt6ln]

He is better here.

[@davidmitchell-baker1701]

Underserved in that movie but is great in this and The Kings of Summer, really talented actor

[@9rempire892]

Terrible movie

[@JC-vt6ln]

Austin Buchert why tho?

[@danielfindura2569]

Austin Buchert Jurassic world ?

[@v1deo.hunter.d317]

The trailer is hilariously bad

[@asmrcity3147]

meh, no thanks. this generation should know better. We’ve put up with the ‘People will get comfy seeing THIS face and then we can ease them into yours’ bs narrative for too long

[@jacobelis79]

Why does it feel like every week there's a new movie / doc / short film or whatever about gayness? It's so rampant my goodness. Well I can't argue with population control so I guess it's a good thing.

[@0axel078]

Jack Brown Just compare the amount of gay media to the amount of straight media, and think of it from the other perspective. If, as you say, it’s one every week, then everything else that came out that week is straight.

[@SuperJoshuaAguilar]

There isn't that much out lol

[@licherally212]

Jack Brown gay people like to make movies sometimes

[@goodgirlkay]

Jack Brown So you are one of those who think being gay is a choice? Are you choosing not to be gay right now?

[@sophiem6050]

People are allowed to write stories that aren’t about straight people Jack

[@vladamirkb1]

Do we really need to know someones sexuality?I don't think so.

[@kyleroberts8823]

Vladamir i guess you missed the point of this film..

[@9rempire892]

Noooooo Just no