"Everyone deserves a great love story," says Simon, the main character of Love, Simon, played by Nick Robinson. It's sad to say that, with the hundreds of movies that come out every year, we have only a finite number of gay love stories. We've had a few movies about gay people finding themselves, such as Moonlight, but there are barely any regular coming-of-age romantic comedies about gay kids, and that is incredibly unfortunate. Luckily, we now have Love, Simon. It comes from Greg Berlanti, who is openly gay himself, who has made a name for himself running uber-successful comic book shows on television such as Arrow and The Flash. He has also produced some movies including Green Lantern and Pan. With Love, Simon, Berlanti directs his third feature film, following The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy and Life as We Know It. I have not seen his previous movies, but Berlanti has done a phenomenal job with his television series. So since I knew Berlanti more as a TV guy, and because I wasn't familiar with his movie directing style (nor were his previous films huge critical successes, having a 64% and a 28% on Rotten Tomatoes respectively), I wasn't sure how Love, Simon was going to turn out. However, it's a fantastic movie. Berlanti does a phenomenal job delivering on a film that entirely emotionally hooks you...
Review of Love, Simon
