Review of Love, Simon (2018) by Jluis_001 — 10 Apr 2018

Frankly beyond addressing the theme of a gay main character and the obvious message of inclusion, Love, Simon is a coming of age film that offers all the basic elements of any other teenager film.

That is not necessarily a bad thing but I think the film could have gone deeper into other elements, especially because besides the fact the character is privileged, he never seems to face a really difficult situation, yeah he was exposed which is a terrible offense but excluding the mockery that occurs in the school cafeteria, the world around him seems to be completely fine with it and they accept him without any problem and although it should be that way, we really know this doesn't always happen.

The film is worth it, though is not memorable. I applaud that is giving space and inclusion to LGBT community characters as protagonists because I understand that for a lot of people it's something really important but in the end the film is more a romantic story and an acceptance story and truthfully all those stories should be universally equal because I don't think a gay couple loves more or less or different therefore it's still relevant but doesn't offer anything more remarkable or transcendental.