Review of Love, Simon (2018) by Kai%20 K — 03 Apr 2018

First off, I loved this movie. As an LGBTQ+ teen, many aspects really hit home. Dealing with your sexuality an gender can be really difficult. Yes, this movie is cliche. Yes, this movie is made for teens. But the thing is is that it's good at these things. You don't see too many movies that can pull off having stereotypical elements while having them be impactful. Although the movie does involve many elements of inclusion, there could have been steps that could have been made to make it more inclusive. One of them is having an LGBTQ+ actor in the main role. Another is (spoiler) not making the Friend of color have all of the family problems. ANOTHER is not having the main character be in a rich white suburb with a steady life and progressive parents. This is basically if everything had gone right for anybody.

Now let's get into it. Being outed sucks. Many non-LGBTQ+ people look over that aspect of the movie, but it's one of the largest fears of many in the community. I was outed by my mom to my dad. It sucked. I wasn't ready. Of course, that wasn't the same scale as in the movie, so I can only imagine how Simon felt.

Many non-LGBTQ+ people loved this movie, which is good, but many will never understand how it truly feels. Overall Love, Simon was an amazing movie even if it didn't deal with everything in the way it should have.