Review of Love, Simon (2018) by Greg C — 16 Mar 2018
It's been 25 years since Philadelphia. This should be the subtitled: "A John Hugh's movie for the modern age". The characters are quirky and likeable. There is that teen party without adult supervision.
Love Simon has some whip funny lines. The performances are all strong. Nick Robinson as the titular character is particularly empathy-worthy. There have been a number of gay youth coming of age movies over the years, and my main worry half way through this one is that it would not have the wounded angst that makes a movie of this type hurt so good.
Alas not to worry. The open heartache is slightly gut wrenching. And the movie nicely rounds out to salve it all over. I was expecting a Biloxi Blue's reveal but was pleasantly surprised once again.
For tonality, I like that this one is slightly lighter than that genre cousin, "Perk of Being a Wallflower". I know it was a preview screening, but it was one of the first times I have had an audience applaud since the Hulk tossed Loki around in Avengers.
Enough of referencing other movies. I will mention an old trope of mine. It's about movie rhythm; The beginning, middle, ending and pacing; The lack of meaningless car-chases which are pretty much not a part of anyone's real life.
These are the things that help make a movie good, and this one great.
This review of Love, Simon (2018) was written by Greg C on 16 Mar 2018.
Love, Simon has generally received very positive reviews.
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