Love, Simon

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Love, Simon

PG-13

Released Mar 16, 2018

1h 50m

Romance

Comedy

Drama

LGBTQ+

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Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online. Resolving both issues proves hilarious, terrifying and life-changing.

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Critics Consensus

Love, Simon hits its coming-of-age beats more deftly than many entries in this well-traveled genre -- and represents an overdue, if not entirely successful, milestone of inclusion.

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Li Sian Goh

Bitch Media

Love, Simon works because it feels like a love letter to a specific queer internet borne of staying up late, sweaty and paranoid, on the family computer.

Mar 5, 2021

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Andrea Gronvall

Chicago Reader

This beguiling romantic comedy offers a fresh take on the familiar premise of a high-schooler trying to fit in.

Mar 5, 2020

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

The film is a landmark in LGBTQ representation, but succeeds on its own merits.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 13, 2018

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Rolando Gallego

EscribiendoCine

A film that reinforces its nature by diving into classics from the eighties by John Hughes for some references and transferring them to the present with an effective soundtrack and a healing message... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 7/10

Feb 12, 2024

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Brian T. Carney

Washington Blade

Thanks to director Greg Berlanti and his talented team, Simon gets a great love story and gets to share it with us.

Dec 8, 2022

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Michael Cuby

them.

The best thing Love, Simon did for queer media was pave the way for Love, Victor, its superior spinoff series...nevertheless, the latter wouldn’t exist without the former, and for that, I will always hold a soft spot in my heart for Berlanti’s adaptation.

Sep 26, 2022

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Hank T

A lot of situations don't come to any form of actual conclusion, making it feel more like a soap opera than a film. As a coming of age story it reasonably portrays the anxiety and confusion that comes with adolescent years, but beyond that there's not a lot of plot.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/04/24

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Audience Member

Such a good movie absolutely recommend watching! It’s amazing and I knew it was bram all along.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/02/24

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María A

I've heard a lot of people saying this is a "straight people movie", which I find absolutely ridiculous. Growing up as a queer kid in a mostly conservative (not to mention extremely catholic) society was difficult, but, most movies and tv shows were constantly reinforcing the idea that coming out was the worst thing I could do, making me feel stressed and frustated about being a lesbian. In my opinion this is what I like to call a "relief movie". It's just so easy to watch, yet, it has real-life scenarios a lot of people might relate to, and, havind a different end than the dramatic one in every single queer movie, it is just a relief to watch. I'm not saying it's boring or something, after watching this I cried for like, two hours, but it made me feel that, after all, there will always be people supporting and loving me for who I am.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/20/24

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Teun D

Incredible movie. Good story and character development! Definitely recomemnd!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/29/24

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Juan Pablo T

A beautiful story of the unique stage of discovering your sexual orientation, Simón has a captivating charisma. However, the ending is too rushed and the situations do not conclude in a solid way.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/29/24

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Dane B. M

Beautiful. The acting is real and so is the story. And I'm writing this 7 years after they began shooting this movie (movies are always shot 1 year before hitting the theatres). The world is rising right-wing and right into hatred. The rise of the hateful Christian cultists is killing so many LGBTQs. We need this movie to shout out to the haters that we are not going away. We will survive and love will prevail... Love Simon proves the world can accept us and our allies. If they hate us they will not stop with us. So embrace us and we will, together, fight for the love of everyone. A freer, more beautiful world. Dane

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/24

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Synopsis

Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online. Resolving both issues proves hilarious, terrifying and life-changing.

Director: Greg Berlanti
Producer: Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Pouya Shahbazian, Isaac Klausner
Screenwriter: Elizabeth Berger, Isaac Aptaker
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Temple Hill Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual References|Language|Teen Partying|Thematic Elements)
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 16, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 25, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $40.8M
Runtime: 1h 50m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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