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Love, Simon

2018 film directed by Greg Berlanti

Film · TMDB

8.0

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.

Released: 2018-02-16110 minDir: Greg BerlantiComedy, Drama, Romance

Cast

Nick Robinson as Simon
Jennifer Garner as Emily
Josh Duhamel as Jack
Katherine Langford as Leah
Alexandra Shipp as Abby
Logan Miller as Martin

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Ratings · OMDb

IMDb

7.5/10

131,747 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

92%

Metacritic

72/100

Rated: PG-13
Awards: 9 wins & 30 nominations total

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Key facts

Directed by: Greg Berlanti
Screenplay by: Elizabeth Berger Isaac Aptaker
Based on: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda , by Becky Albertalli
Produced by: Marty Bowen Wyck Godfrey Isaac Klausner Pouya Shahbazian
Starring: Nick Robinson Josh Duhamel Jennifer Garner
Cinematography: John Guleserian
Edited by: Harry Jierjian
Music by: Rob Simonsen
Production companies: Fox 2000 Pictures Temple Hill Productions
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release dates: February 27, 2018 ( 2018-02-27 ) ( Mardi Gras Film Festival ) March 16, 2018 ( 2018-03-16 ) (United States and Canada)
Running time: 110 minutes

Key dates

Published: 24 May 2018

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Genre: LGBTQ-related film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English language
Followed by: Love, Victor
Based on: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Main subject: coming out
Director: Greg Berlanti
Cast member: Mackenzie Lintz
Composer

Article

Love, Simon is a 2018 American teen romantic comedy drama film directed by Greg Berlanti from a screenplay by Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker, based on the 2015 novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli. The film stars Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel, Talitha Bateman, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, and Jorge Lendeborg Jr. It centers on Simon Spier, a closeted gay teenage boy who is forced to balance his friends, his family, and the blackmailer threatening to out him to the entire high school, while simultaneously attempting to discover the identity of the anonymous classmate whom he has fallen in love with online.

Love, Simon premiered at the Mardi Gras Film Festival on February 27, 2018, and was released in the United States by 20th Century Fox on March 16, 2018. Critics praised the film for its "big heart, diverse and talented cast, and revolutionary normalcy", characterized it as a "classic", described it as a "funny, warm-hearted and life-affirming tale" that is "tender, sweet, and affecting" and a "hugely charming crowd-pleaser" that is "funny, heartfelt, and truly touching", and compared it to the teen films of John Hughes.