Love Simon, Actually
The latter teenage years are a pivotably point in a young life that is full of discovery. One of those key experiences is falling in love. Prior to this point, an adolescent might have experienced “puppy love”, but now their heart is taking on deeper depths. For the first time, they are beginning to love, and be loved, with the kind of seriousness that goes beyond enamoration.
Is it any wonder that this time period is when most people experience their first serious relationship.
But not everybody gets to have that coming-of-age experience. For people in a sexual minority, such an amazing human milestone isn’t even an option for them. Although this is less and less true, the fact is that it is only recently that a young man or woman in high school could openly express their affection for another of their gender (much less date).
I’m grateful that that partition is beginning to come down. It stood as an impenetrable, intimidating barrier during my high school years. Falling in love, out in the open, wasn’t even an option for me. So, it is nice to see that Love, Simon has taken a few blows at Love's version of the Berlin Wall.
The film stars Nick Robinson as Simon Spier, a gay, closeted young man who – just like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman – wants the fairy tale. He sees all his other classmates falling in love, but not him. His desire to have that special person in his life is ignited when he reads an anonymous gay confession on the school’s blog.
As Shakespeare wrote: the course of true love never did run smooth, and for Simon, it’s even more rocky. But in the struggle, he finds himself. He discovers what it means to be fully human, and along the way becomes a better man.
The story has a refreshing vein of honesty and lovableness in its one hour and forty-nine minute runtime. It’s an entertaining film that will give every moviegoer a tearful, warm fuzzy.
The triumph of love really celebrates all our loves. Have yours heralded by going to see this film, and enjoy a cuddle with the one you love there in the dark.
Is it any wonder that this time period is when most people experience their first serious relationship.
But not everybody gets to have that coming-of-age experience. For people in a sexual minority, such an amazing human milestone isn’t even an option for them. Although this is less and less true, the fact is that it is only recently that a young man or woman in high school could openly express their affection for another of their gender (much less date).
I’m grateful that that partition is beginning to come down. It stood as an impenetrable, intimidating barrier during my high school years. Falling in love, out in the open, wasn’t even an option for me. So, it is nice to see that Love, Simon has taken a few blows at Love's version of the Berlin Wall.
The film stars Nick Robinson as Simon Spier, a gay, closeted young man who – just like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman – wants the fairy tale. He sees all his other classmates falling in love, but not him. His desire to have that special person in his life is ignited when he reads an anonymous gay confession on the school’s blog.
As Shakespeare wrote: the course of true love never did run smooth, and for Simon, it’s even more rocky. But in the struggle, he finds himself. He discovers what it means to be fully human, and along the way becomes a better man.
The story has a refreshing vein of honesty and lovableness in its one hour and forty-nine minute runtime. It’s an entertaining film that will give every moviegoer a tearful, warm fuzzy.
The triumph of love really celebrates all our loves. Have yours heralded by going to see this film, and enjoy a cuddle with the one you love there in the dark.
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