The sexual insults feature far more stinging rebukes from gays to straights than when I was growing up. One thing that has changed down the years and that Love, Simon wonderfully captures, is the switch in verbal dominance between the orientations. I quickly learnt that to survive, you kept quiet, head down, at the back of the classroom.Īs difficult coming outs go, Simon’s is simple. Talking about being gay during ‘personal development’ classes was uncomfortable and frequently lead to an institutional roasting from my peers. So, with all of that non-baggage, where’s the trouble and strife for this young gay fella? Growing up gay in the shadow of Section 28 as I did, at a British comprehensive in the 1990’s it was an era not noted for its benevolence toward putative queers such as I, my recollection of teenage sexual awakening is decidedly less rose-tinted. Love, Simon (2018), image courtesy of 20th Century Fox. “I’m coming’ out…” but Nick Robinson isn’t ready for the world to know, just yet. Our hero, played with an everyman, Jimmy Stewart charm by Robinson, tells us from the outset that is just like all of us.Ĭorrect, if all of ‘us’ really are, like him – male, white, young, attractive, well adjusted, popular at school, middle-class with gorgeous and relatively well-off parents, one of whom is a liberal mental health professional. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, but you’d be forgiven for confusing the two. The leading male character…is gay!įret not fans of Mr Sparks for Love, Simon actually comes from the pen of Becky Albertalli, based on her novel Simon vs. OK, keep that picture in mind but with one amend.
You know, The Notebook (2004), Dear John (2010), The Best of Me (2014) etc. You know those cutesy, saccharine Nicholas Sparks authored film adaptations, about young love triumphing against the tyrannies of the world? Will he ever find his one true love, the mysterious ‘blue’? Review, by Jason Day When a spiteful acquaintance ‘outs’ Simon, his comfy world suddenly collapses around him. Striking up a conversation online with another closeted teenager, he quickly falls in love. His big secret? He’s gay.Īll is well in his settled, comfortable world but he can’t hide his real self for long. His friends are cool, relaxed and adore him and he even does well at school. His wealthy family love him and he even has a younger sister (Talitha Bateman) who doesn’t annoy him. Teenager Simon (Nick Robinson) appears to have it all. Use the search function on the left of the screen to look for other reviews and updates. To like this post, comment on it or to follow this blog, please scroll to the bottom. Starring Nick Robinson and Jennifer Garner. Film review by Jason Day of Love, Simon about a gay teenage boy who is outed and must face the High School hallway of shame.
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