Quartile rating: 7.5/10 · 1 rating
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.
Love, Simon is a warm, well-received coming-of-age romantic comedy that earns credit for being one of the first mainstream studio teen rom-coms centered on a gay protagonist, giving it a modest novelty bump. The plot is engaging and emotionally resonant but follows familiar teen rom-com beats with a mystery-identity twist that doesn't always sustain tension. The acting is solid and charming, particularly Nick Robinson's lead performance, though the supporting cast is somewhat thin. Cinematography is functional and unremarkable — bright suburban aesthetics typical of the genre with no distinctive visual identity. The ending is crowd-pleasing and emotionally satisfying but predictable, landing comfortably within genre expectations rather than subverting them.