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Love, Simon is a 2018 American romanticteencomedy-drama film directed by Greg Berlanti, written by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, and based on the novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli. The film stars Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel, and Jennifer Garner. It centers on Simon Spier, a closeted gay high school boy who is forced to balance his friends, his family, and the blackmailer threatening to out him to the entire school, while simultaneously attempting to discover the identity of the anonymous classmate with whom he has fallen in love online.

Love, Simon premiered at the Mardi Gras Film Festival on February 27, 2018, and was released in the United States on March 16, 2018, by 20th Century Fox. Critics praised the film for its 'big heart, diverse and talented cast, and revolutionary normalcy', describing it as 'tender, sweet, and affecting' and a 'hugely charming crowd-pleaser' that is 'funny, warm-hearted and life-affirming', with reviews comparing it to the romantic comedy-drama films of John Hughes. Notable as the first film by a major Hollywood studio to focus on a gay teenage romance,^[5][6] it grossed $66million worldwide.

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Plot[edit]

Simon Spier is a closeted gay high school boy living in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. He has a close and loving family—parents Emily and Jack, and sister Nora—as well as three best friends: Nick and Leah, whom he has known most of his life, and newcomer Abby.

One day, Leah informs Simon about an online confession of a closeted gay student at their high school, known only by the pseudonym 'Blue'. Simon begins communicating with Blue via email using the pseudonym 'Jacques'. The two confide personal details and form a connection. However, their emails are accidentally discovered by another student, Martin, who is infatuated with Abby. After learning his secret, Martin blackmails Simon by threatening to make his emails public unless he agrees to help Martin win over Abby. Simon begins to suspect that his classmate Bram is Blue.

At a Halloween party, Simon attempts to connect with Bram, but later walks in on him making out with a female student. During the party, Nick confides in Simon of his feelings for Abby. Simon lies to Nick, telling him that Abby has a boyfriend in college. Leah walks an inebriated Simon home, where she speaks vaguely about how she feels that she is fated to love one person very intensely; Simon believes she is referring to Nick.

Simon meets up with Abby and Martin at a local diner after he convinces them to practice lines together for an upcoming school musical. Simon bonds with their server, a classmate named Lyle, and believes that Lyle may be Blue. That night, Simon comes out to Abby and is relieved when she reacts positively.

At a school football game, Simon crosses paths with Lyle; before he can summon the courage to ask if Lyle is Blue, he finds out Lyle is actually interested in Abby. An upset Simon tells a pestering Martin to either 'go big or go home' when courting Abby. Martin interrupts the national anthem and publicly declares his feelings for Abby. When Abby admits she does not share those feelings, Martin is humiliated and becomes the subject of intense ridicule.

On Christmas Eve, to distract people from his own humiliation, Martin outs Simon by posting his emails on the school's gossip site. Simon's sister, Nora, tries to comfort Simon but he shuts her out and does not return his friends' frantic texts and calls. Simon comes out to his parents on Christmas morning, to their surprise but acceptance.

After the holidays, Nick and Abby, now a couple, angrily confront Simon about the lies he told and learn that he had tried to keep them apart due to Martin's blackmail. Leah confesses to Simon that she was in love with him, not Nick, and is upset he came out to Abby first. After being rejected by his friends, Simon receives a final email from Blue, who is upset that their emails have been leaked. Blue tells Simon that they should stop speaking and deletes his email account. Simon is devastated, having lost his friends as well as the mystery pen-pal he has fallen in love with.

In the cafeteria, Simon and an openly gay student, Ethan, are mocked by two classmates. Ethan and Simon bond over the difficulties they have faced coming out. After his mother reaches out and comforts him, Simon apologizes to Leah. Simon posts a confession on the gossip site apologizing to his friends, seeking out Blue and asking him to meet at the school carnival.

After the school musical, Leah, Nick and Abby make amends with Simon and invite him to go to the carnival with them. Waiting for Blue at the carnival, Simon rides the Ferris wheel, drawing a large crowd of peers. When Simon runs out of tickets, Martin, making amends for his behavior, buys him one more ride. Just before the ride begins, Bram sits next to Simon, revealing himself as Blue; the kiss Simon saw with the female student was a drunken misunderstanding. They ride the Ferris wheel together and kiss as their friends cheer them on.

Simon's life gradually returns to normal and he begins a relationship with Bram. While picking up his friends and boyfriend for school, Simon suggests that they forgo their usual morning routine and instead go 'on a little adventure'.

Cast[edit]

• Nick Robinson as Simon Spier
  • Bryson Pitts as 10-year-old Simon Spier
  • Nye Reynolds as 5-year-old Simon Spier
• Josh Duhamel as Jack Spier, Simon's father
• Jennifer Garner as Emily Spier, Simon's mother
• Katherine Langford as Leah Burke, one of Simon's best friends
• Alexandra Shipp as Abby Suso, one of Simon's best friends
• Jorge Lendeborg Jr. as Nick Eisner, one of Simon's best friends
• Keiynan Lonsdale as Abraham 'Bram' Greenfeld, one of Simon's classmates
• Miles Heizer as Cal Price, one of Simon's classmates
• Logan Miller as Martin Addison, one of Simon's classmates who blackmails him
• Tony Hale as Mr. Worth, the awkward vice principal of the school Simon attends
• Talitha Bateman as Nora Spier, Simon's sister
  • Skye Mowbray as 6-year-old Nora Spier
• Natasha Rothwell as Ms. Albright, Simon's drama teacher
• Drew Starkey as Garrett Laughlin, one of Simon's classmates
• Clark Moore as Ethan, one of Simon's classmates who is openly gay
• Joey Pollari as Lyle, a flirty server at a local diner
• Mackenzie Lintz as Taylor Metternich, one of Simon's classmates

Production[edit]

Principal photography began on March 6, 2017, in Atlanta, Georgia.^[7] Filming officially ended on April 23, 2017, two days earlier than scheduled, an effort that Berlanti made to offset the cost of paying royalties for the most expensive songs on the film's soundtrack.^[8][9]

Becky Albertalli, the author of the novel the film is based on, and YouTuber Doug Armstrong make cameo appearances as students in the film.^[10]

Soundtrack[edit]

The soundtrack of the film includes music by Bleachers, Troye Sivan, Amy Shark, Brenton Wood, The 1975, Normani and Khalid, among others. The first track released from the soundtrack was 'Alfie's Song (Not So Typical Love Song)' by Bleachers.^[11][12]

Other songs that appear in the film but are not included on its soundtrack include 'Waterloo Sunset' by The Kinks, 'Diamond' by MONAKR, 'Nobody Speak' by DJ Shadow & Run the Jewels, 'Feel It Still' by Portugal. The Man, 'No' by Meghan Trainor, 'Out the Speakers' by A-Trak, Milo and Otis feat. Rich Kidz, 'As Long as You Love Me' by Justin Bieber, 'Add It Up' by Violent Femmes, 'Monster Mash' by Bobby Pickett, 'Bad Romance' by Lady Gaga (performed by the Michigan Marching Band), 'Shine a Light' by BANNERS, and 'Heaven' by Warrant.

Charts[edit]

Release[edit]

Love, Simon premiered at the Mardi Gras Film Festival on February 27, 2018, and also screened at the Glasgow Film Festival and the Melbourne Queer Film Festival.^[17][18] The film was released by 20th Century Fox in the United States and Canada on March 16, 2018, and has been or is scheduled to be released in other countries on various dates throughout 2018.^[19]

Following the film's release, several celebrities — including Jennifer Garner, Kristen Bell, Neil Patrick Harris, Joey Graceffa, Matt Bomer, Robbie Rogers, Benj Pasek, Tyler Oakley, Martin Gero, Andrew Rannells, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson — bought out theaters and offered free screenings of the film because they believed it conveyed an important message.^[20]

Love, Simon is notable as the first film by a major Hollywood studio to focus on a gay teenage romance.^[21][22]

Home media[edit]

The film became available to pre-order on home video on January 17, 2018, was released digitally on May 29, 2018, and was released on 4K Blu-Ray, Blu-ray and DVD on June 12, 2018.^[23][24]

Reception[edit]

Box office[edit]

Love, Simon grossed $40.8million in the United States and Canada, and $25.4million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $66.3million, against a production budget of $10–17million.^[2][4] It is the 15th highest-grossing teen romance film since 1980, and the third-highest by 20th Century Fox after The Fault in Our Stars and Romeo + Juliet.^[25]

Love, Simon held early preview screenings on March 10 before its official release on March 16, where it grossed $800,000 from 927 theaters, which Deadline Hollywood considered 'strong'.^[26] In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Tomb Raider and I Can Only Imagine, and was projected to gross $10–12million from 2,401 theaters in its opening weekend.^[27] The film made $4.6million on its first day (including $850,000 from Thursday previews at 2,125 theaters).^[28] The film went on to debut at $11.8million, finishing fifth at the box office; 58% of its opening weekend audience was female and 59% was under 25.^[2] In its second weekend the film dropped 33% to $7.8million, finishing 7th,^[29] and in its third weekend made $4.8million, finishing ninth.^[30]

In the United Kingdom, the film debuted fourth at the box office, earning $1.6million.^[31] In Australia, the film debuted fourth at the box office, earning $916,697.^[32] In Brazil, the film debuted fourth at the box office, earning $804,567.^[33] In Mexico, the film debuted third at the box office, earning $982,391.^[34]

Critical response[edit]

On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 91% based on 207 reviews, with an average rating of 7.38/10. The website's critical consensus reads, 'Love, Simon hits its coming-of-age beats more deftly than many entries in this well-traveled genre – and represents an overdue, if not entirely successful, milestone of inclusion.'^[35] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 72 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'.^[36] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of 'A+' on an A+ to F scale, one of fewer than 80 films in the history of the service to earn such a score.^[28]

Benjamin Lee of The Guardian gave the film 4/5 stars, calling it a 'hugely charming crowd-pleaser'.^[37] Pete Hammond of Deadline Hollywood gave the film 4/5 stars, stating that audiences 'are guaranteed to fall in love with this sweet, funny coming-of-age film'.^[38]

Molly Freeman of Screen Rant gave the film 4/5 stars or an Excellent rating, stating that 'Love, Simon is a funny, heartfelt, and truly touching teen romantic comedy that instantly becomes a modern classic for today's generation.'^[39] Josh Winning of GamesRadar+ gave the film 4/5 stars, describing it as a 'warm, sensitive and engaging coming-out-of-ager' and 'one of the freshest teen-coms in ages'.^[40]

Meredith Goldstein of The Boston Globe gave the film 3.5/4 stars and stated, 'Love, Simon is a sweet, modern romantic comedy that manages to channel the teen movie classics of the late John Hughes, but only the good stuff.'^[41] Colin Covert of the Star Tribune gave the film 3/4 stars and wrote, 'If John Hughes had gone on to make a smart LGBT coming-of-age charmer, most likely it would resemble this.'^[42]

Bruce Demara of the Toronto Star also gave it 3/4 stars, stating 'The casting is high quality, the script – with a tantalizing mystery at its heart – is particularly well-crafted and the story hits all the right emotional notes in delivering a funny, warm-hearted and life-affirming tale.'^[43] Brian Truitt of USA Today gave the film 3.5/4 stars and wrote, 'Young and old, jocks and nerds, geeks and freaks, and everyone in between should be able to find something to adore in Love, Simon.'^[44]

Joyce Slaton of Common Sense Media gave the film 4/5 stars and described it as 'tender, sweet, and affecting', with the film also receiving The Common Sense Seal, which recognizes movies that offer families an exceptional media experience.^[45][46] MJ Franklin of Mashable wrote that 'Love, Simon feels like an instant classic that you're going to want to watch again and again.'^[47]

Max Weiss of Baltimore gave Love, Simon 3/4 stars, calling it a 'sweet, funny, warm-hearted film'.^[48]

Peter Debruge of Variety, while stating that the film is average in execution, praised the content as 'groundbreaking on so many levels, not least of which is just how otherwise familiar it all seems'.^[49] Jesse Hassenger of The A.V. Club gave the film a C+ and wrote that the film 'is touching as a gesture', but as entertainment 'it's nothing Degrassi hasn't done better'.^[50]

Becky Albertalli, the author of the novel on which the film is based, watched an early cut and praised the film, stating: 'It's funny and relevant and timeless and charming and honest and painful and so romantic. It says exactly what I wanted the book to say.'^[51][52]

Accolades[edit]

Sequel TV series[edit]

Although Berlanti indicated that, after witnessing the film's success, he would not necessarily be opposed to directing a sequel film based on the book's spin-off sequel, Leah on the Offbeat, stating 'God willing that the movie is successful enough that people actually ask for something like that. I loved working with these people on this film so much. I would just like to spend more time with them, that would be good!'^[66] When asked about a sequel, Katherine Langford said 'I mean, it's always a discussion of who would make it, but if the script was good and the filmmaker had a great vision, then I would be totally down. I'm always down to tell a good story.'^[67]

On April 11, 2019, it was announced that a sequel television series will premiere on Disney+.^[68] The series will not be an adaptation of Leah on the Offbeat but rather a new story set in the same setting.^[69]

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External links[edit]

• Official website
• Love, Simon on IMDb
• Love, Simon at AllMovie

Love is a 2015 eroticdramaart film^[5] written and directed by Gaspar Noé.^[6]Grammar exercises worksheets. The film marked Noé's fourth directorial venture after a gap of five years. It had its premiere at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and was released in 3D.

• 3Production

Plot[edit]

Murphy is an American cinema school student, living in Paris. He had a French girlfriend, called Electra, whom he dated for two years. One day, Murphy and Electra met and had a no-strings-attached threesome with another woman, a young blonde Danish teenager named Omi, as a way to add some excitement to their love life. But later, Murphy had sex with Omi behind Electra's back, as a result of which Omi became pregnant. This unplanned pregnancy ended the relationship between Murphy and Electra on a horrible note, and it forced Murphy to marry Omi.

On a rainy January morning, Electra's mother, Nora, phones Murphy at his small Paris apartment where he lives with Omi and their 18-month-old son to ask him if he's heard from the young woman, because she hasn't for three months, and given her daughter's suicidal tendencies, she is really worried. For the rest of this day, Murphy recalls his past two years with Electra in a series of fragmented, nonlinear flashbacks; how they first met in Paris, their quick hookup, and their lives over the next two years which is filled with drug abuse, rough sex and tender moments.

Cast[edit]

• Karl Glusman as Murphy
• Aomi Muyock as Electra
• Klara Kristin as Omi
• Ugo Fox as Gaspar (the baby)
• Juan Saavedra as Julio
• Aron Pages (aka Gaspar Noé) as Noé
• Isabelle Nicou as Nora
• Vincent Maraval as Castel
• Deborah Revy as Paula
• Stella Rocha as Mama
• Xamira Zuloaga as Lucile
• Benoît Debie as Yuyo
• Omaima S. as Victoire

Production[edit]

Casting[edit]

Love is the screen debut of the two main actresses of the film, Muyock and Kristin.^[7] Noé met them in a club. He found Karl Glusman for the role of Murphy through a mutual friend.^[8]

Budgeting[edit]

The budget of the film was around €2.6 million.^[1]Principal photography took place in Paris.^[6]

Filming[edit]

In a pre-release interview with Marfa Journal, Gaspar implied that the film will have an explicitly sexual feel: 'will give guys a hard-on and make girls cry'.^[9] The sex scenes were unsimulated and most were not choreographed.^[10] There was barely a script and Noé would set up different real-life meetings with the actors.

Release[edit]

The week before its debut at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, the film's U.S. distribution rights were acquired by Alchemy.^[11][12] It was selected to be screened in the Vanguard section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.^[13]The film also screened in Indian film festival The International Film Festival of Kerala held in Thiruvananthapuram in the world cinema category.^[14]

Reception[edit]

The film received mixed reviews, with 39% on Rotten Tomatoes, an average rating of 4.9/10, sampled from 85 reviews. The websites consensus states: 'Love sees writer-director Gaspar Noé delivering some of his warmest and most personal work; unfortunately, it's also among his most undeveloped and least compelling.'^[15] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 51 out of 100 based on reviews from 27 critics, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'.^[16]

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1. ^ ^abcLemercier, Fabien (27 April 2015). 'Enfant terrible Gaspar Noé is back with Love'. Cineuropa. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
2. ^ ^ab'Love [2D] (18)'. British Board of Film Classification. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
3. ^'Gaspar Noé's LOVE: first official cast & crew list'. Le temps detruit tout. 9 May 2015. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
4. ^'Love (2015) - International Box Office Results'. Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
5. ^Neuman, Jules (6 November 2015). 'Review: Noe's 'Love' Has Sex, 3D, and Little Else'. The Movie Blog. Retrieved 22 February 2018. Love, Gaspar Noe’s sexy sex filled art house adventure
6. ^ ^abPete Hammond (21 May 2015). 'Gaspar Noe's 3D Porn Movie 'Love' Lands In Cannes: 'This Could Never Have Been Made In America''. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
7. ^Webb, Beth (20 May 2015). 'Revealed: the 3D sex odyssey set to scandalise Cannes'. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
8. ^Keijser, Marjolein. ''Love' Press Conference, Movie Review (Cannes)'. GrungeCake. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
9. ^Jagernauth, Kevin. 'Gaspar Noe's 3D 'Love' And More Added To Cannes Film Festival Lineup'. The Playlist. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
10. ^Smith, Nigel. 'Cannes: Gaspar Noé on Shooting Sex in 'Love' and Why He Loves His Bad Reviews'. Indiewire. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
11. ^'Complement to the Official Selection'. Cannes Film Festival. 23 April 2015. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
12. ^Smith, Nigel M (17 May 2015). 'Cannes: Gaspar Noe's 3D Sex Odyssey 'LOVE' Goes to Alchemy'. Indiewire. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
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External links[edit]

• Love on IMDb
• Love at Box Office Mojo
• Love at Rotten Tomatoes
• Love at Metacritic