A Critical Evaluation of 20th Century Fox “Love, Simon”

'Who you are to the world is pretty terrifying because what if the world doesn’t like you?'
This is one of the most important questions in the movie "Love, Simon," a American
romantic comedy drama film directed by Greg Berlanti. It was released on March 22,
2018, and grossed a total of $66.3 million, against a production budget of $10–17
million worldwide.

The movie, starring Nick Robinson as Simon Spier, a high school student with a healthy
home life, a family that cares about him and good friends, but he also has a secret and
is understandably afraid that if he shares this secret with his family, his life will never be
the same, and the secret is that he's gay. He's never 'come out he's never told anybody
about it but he's known for a while and so he's developing an online relationship with
another high school student who's also homosexual but hasn't come out yet, he's
having the courage to finally do things he's often been afraid to do. Unfortunately, he
doesn't know the identity of the student he's fallen for apart from his nickname in the
emails and conversations, 'Blue,' and the journey Simon follows to solve all these
difficulties to find out who it is, proves to be funny, life-changing and incredibly
touching.The film showcases a believable and lovely story, very credible acting
performances and a impressive production design.

Story/Screenplay
The story concerns the unfolding of the storyline, and viewers nowadays are searching
for a plausible story. While there were some seemingly scripted moments, the entire
story remained believable and convincing because it showed the real-life hardships of a
boy who was terrified to come out to his family and friends. For example, in the movie,
Everything is going well with Simon when someone takes hold of his emails with ‘blue’
and threatens to share them with the whole school if Simon refuses to help him out with
his crush. Simon continues meddling and exploiting his mates to keep his secret hidden,
that is, before the game comes home. Simon is waiting silently by as he no longer has
control of the situation as his emails are published all over the school gossip page.
Anyone who goes through or has been through the burden of coming out may relate to
the fear of coming out before the person is able to face the challenges of letting
everyone know who you really are. Simon sees his world slowly falling apart as his
mates understand the meddling and leave him in this time of need. These problems
resonated with the audience, making the film more true to life.

While some film critics claim that the film did not deliver something new, its effort to step
away from the traditional romantic film template is notable. The standard ending that
most people expect romantic comedy is a happy one, where the boy and the girl end up
together. However in this film, a two boys fell in love with each other and it's something
new to other people because this kind of movie is rarely seen in cinemas.