Love, Simon 2018

     This film was adapted from the book Simon vs.The Homosapiens Agenda.  Simon Spier is a popular high school senior but he has a secret that he has only shared with an unknown online friend.  Simon has no idea who is friend is and he goes by the name Blue.  Simon also doesn’t know if Blue knows who Simon is?  Simon has been nervous for a LONG time about telling anyone that he is gay.  He only talks to Blue about this online and he really doesn’t know if he wants to know who Blue is? 

     Teenage years are filled with growing pains in many different ways.  Simon wonders why gay people need to come out?   He feels like he needs to really find himself before he can tell other people about who he is?  There is a lot of peer pressure in this film and there are instances of bullying from other students.  3* (This movie is OK) 

110 min, Drama directed by Greg Berlanti with Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Logan Miller, Keiynan Lonsdale, Jorge Lendeborg, Jr., Talitha Eliana Bateman, Tony Hale, Natasha Rothwell, Miles Heizer, Joey Pollari.

Note:  Imdb 7.7 out of 10, 92% critic 89% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 3 ½*, Amazon 4.7* out of 5* with 587 reviews, Common Sense Media 4* out of 5*, age 13+, positive 5*, role models 4*, violence 2*, sex 3*, language 3*, consumerism 2*, Metacritic 72 out of 100 with 38 critics 8.2 of 10 with 228 reviews, The Guardian 4* out of 5* by Peter Bradshaw.  

Special Note:  Filmed in Atlanta, Georgia.  At the beginning of production Nick Robinson’s brother came out as gay.  Temple Hill Entertainment produced this film and they also adapted The Fault in Our Stars of 2014 and The Maze Runner of 2014 from young adult novels.