Love, Simon

"Everyone deserves a great love story."

2018 1h 50m EN

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 6,350

ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

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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.

“Everyone deserves a great love story.”

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Cast

Nick Robinson
Simon
Jennifer Garner
Emily
Josh Duhamel
Jack
Katherine Langford
Leah
Alexandra Shipp
Abby
Logan Miller
Martin
Keiynan Lonsdale
Bram
Jorge Lendeborg Jr.
Nick

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Greg Berlanti
Writers: Dawud Anyabwile, Elizabeth Berger, Isaac Aptaker
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.9× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Greg Berlanti, shot by John Guleserian. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Rob Simonsen. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Harry Jierjian shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Nick Robinson and Jennifer Garner and Josh Duhamel carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Everyone deserves a great love story.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5164432 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Greg Berlanti directs. John Guleserian behind the camera. Rob Simonsen scores. Harry Jierjian cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 3.9× over at the box office.
2Released 8 years ago.
3Directed by Greg Berlanti, shot by John Guleserian. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Rob Simonsen. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Harry Jierjian shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Nick Robinson and Jennifer Garner and Josh Duhamel carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Everyone deserves a great love story.".
8IMDB entry: tt5164432 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 17 themes, including "coming out", "sexual identity", "high school", "based on novel or book".

The technical file

Cinematography: John Guleserian
Original score: Rob Simonsen
Editing: Harry Jierjian
Production design: Aaron Osborne
Costume design: Eric Daman
Makeup / hair: Jennifer Santiago
VFX supervisor: Armen V. Kevorkian
Sound: David Giammarco
Runtime: 110 min · 1h 50m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $17,000,000
Box office: $66,316,289
Return: 390% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Love, Simon (2018)

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tmdb152146182018-06-27
★ 5/10
Love, Simon is a safe, non-threatening, formulaic, consumable pastiche created to make straight audiences feel progressive for watching a "gay" movie.
Gimly2018-10-04
★ 6/10
Some very powerful moments. Some very relatable moments. But it's also nice to see a queer drama which (despite a character's homosexuality being the core of the narrative) isn't wholly fucking depressing. Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.
kinrich302026-08-30
★ 9/10
This is the story of Simon, a senior in high school, who is secretly gay. Much of his struggle is really accepting himself as he knows that his parents will accept him. While trying to find love and keep his identity a secret, he creates a fake profile to post on school forum and is surprised when another guy at school is gay and starts to write back to him. They develop a bond without ever knowing who the other person was. I won't give away spoilers, but when Simon's real identity is revealed the boy he was talking to vanishes off of the internet and Simon is forced to come to terms with being fully out and decide what to do about the mystery boy he fell in love with and how to find him.