Review of Love, Simon (2018) by Matt G — 21 Mar 2018

GROWING UP IN THE 80'S I was fortunate enough to see the films of a fantastic writer director of teen movies, his name was john hughes. This movie felt to me like a modern john hughes teen movie. The one twist that john never had a chance to do is make a gay teen the main character.

the movement from scene to scene and the character's have depth yet not enough not to OVERRIDE simon leaving the watcher to feel simons angst that much more. As far as the writing it was excellent and can appeal to older generations who struggled the same as simon, maybe the method of coming out has changed but the emotion has not, love,simon spreads that STRUGGLE through the generations.

Though the ending could have been more romantic it was awkward like first love always is. if you're a parent wanting to understand what your child is or has gone through this is a great movie to process what it is like for them.