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.

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Love, Simon (2018)

Everyone deserves a great love story.

★ 8/10 February 16, 2018 110 min

ComedyDramaRomance

Director: Greg Berlanti  ·  Writers: Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger

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.

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Director

Greg Berlanti Greg Berlanti

Cast

Nick Robinson Nick Robinson Simon Jennifer Garner Jennifer Garner Emily Josh Duhamel Josh Duhamel Jack Katherine Langford Katherine Langford Leah Alexandra Shipp Alexandra Shipp Abby Logan Miller Logan Miller Martin Keiynan Lonsdale Keiynan Lonsdale Bram Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Nick Talitha Eliana Bateman Talitha Eliana Bateman Nora Tony Hale Tony Hale Mr. Worth Natasha Rothwell Natasha Rothwell Ms. Albright Miles Heizer Miles Heizer Cal

User Reviews (3)

tmdb15214618
tmdb15214618 June 27, 2018
★ 5/10

Love, Simon is a safe, non-threatening, formulaic, consumable pastiche created to make straight audiences feel progressive for watching a "gay" movie.

Gimly
Gimly October 4, 2018
★ 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._

kinrich30
kinrich30 August 30, 2026
★ 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.