Director Greg Berlanti
Starring Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel
Rated M
Score 3.5/6

Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends, and all of his classmates: he’s gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.

Sorry for taking so long to get around to watching this one, in my defence I have reached the age where it is awkward to watch a ‘teen movie’ at the friendly neighborhood cinema. So, to offer a glimpse at my movie review decision making process the decision to review any ‘teen’ or ‘kids’ movies is usually made some time after their release on DVD.

It was good to see that Love Simon did not follow the traditional trope of having a group of teens who sound as if they have swallowed a thesaurus, I would like to make it perfectly that I do not want to see the death of that trope, a lot of the teen movies that I like openly embraced that trope. Even though Love Simon was a heartfelt movie I did find that it was a bit of a chore to watch, though that can easily be dismissed as me no longer being a teen.
I really wasn’t that familiar with any of the leads, I enjoyed Talitha Bateman’s performance as Nora though for a few moments I had Bateman confused with Elle Fanning. Nick Robinson gave a good performance as Simon and I will admit that maybe I was hoping that Simon would get his man by the end of the movie. Love Simon’s finale was sweet and heartfelt, the exact kind of thing that you would expect from this kind of movie and I was reminded of the finale to Raja Gosnell’s 1999 movie Never been Kissed.