Directed by Greg Berlanti (2018)
by Hunter Bush

My pithy review of Love, Simon is that it's a step in the right direction, but doesn't exactly put its best foot forward.

I'm not here to besmirch anyone having a good time and I don't want to belabor the point, so I'll put all my problems with Love, Simon up front; while its message is an important one, as a movie, it's pretty average. 20th Century Fox's big talking point is that it's the first major studio romantic comedy to feature a gay lead, and while that is definitely a big deal, I wish that honor had gone to a better overall movie.