Simon reaches out to him privately in an email under the alias of Jacques and the two start a correspondence with each other that evolves over time into a romance. Things change when a closeted boy at school, known only as Blue, writes an online post sharing his thoughts and fears about coming out. But he also has a huge secret that’s he’s never shared with anybody before: he’s gay. He goes to parties, takes part in the school’s drama club, attends sports rallies, and has even had a couple of girlfriends. Simon is about as normal as a teenager can be. He has a healthy social life at school and a crew of close friends he likes to hang out with including lifelong BFFs Leah (Katherine Langford) and Nick (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.) and trendy new girl Abby (Alexandra Shipp). He lives in a beautiful home in the suburbs of Atlanta with his loving, liberal-minded parents Emily (Jennifer Ganrer) and Jack (Josh Duhamel) and his little, Top Chef obsessed sister Nora (Talitha Bateman).
Our protagonist is 16-year-old Simon Spier (Nick Robinson), a kid “just like you”.
But the fact it was made at all is significant, to be sure, and it’s a good enough film to be worthy of the task it undertakes to break new ground in LGBT cinema.
#LOVE SIMON CAST LITTLE SISTER MOVIE#
This is the first mainstream, major studio release to focus on a gay teenage romance, a milestone so overdue that I kind of feel like the movie might have had a more meaningful impact had it been made around the same time as Mean Girls. And also the main character happens to be gay. It uses every cliché in the book and never apologises for it, it is as representative of this day and age as the John Hughes movies were of the 80s and 90s, and it is everything that a lover of sappy high school movie romances could possibly want. There are parties, love triangles, clueless adults, a high school musical, public declarations, broken hearts, witty banter, and a compilation of catchy pop songs. It features a good-looking, charming, and somewhat popular kid who falls for someone online and sets out to discover who they really are. It’s quirky, idealistic, and a little bit schmaltzy. Love, Simon is a teen rom-com like any other. Cast: Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Nick Duhamel, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Tony Hale
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