Review of Love, Simon (2018) by Simon S — 17 Mar 2018

As someone who has never written a film review in my life, Love, Simon has sparked me to do so. It's a film simple in its plot, but hits you on so many emotional levels. It isn't merely a rom-com filled with hysterical roasts and that "trying-to-figure-things-out" vibe that often dominates teenage life, but also resonates the struggle of being unaccepted--the excruciating wonder of "what would happen" if I came out, "what if" they knew this about me, or "would things change" if I just let it all out? Both the sense of exasperating dread before coming out and the awkward relief after saying "I'm gay" rings true throughout the extent of Love, Simon.

Thank you for making this, and let me just say... finally.