Moore, who plays Ethan to great effect, is just one of the ensemble cast that brings the characters in the movie to life. He wittily responds to every attempt jock types make at shaming him for his sexuality. “I wish he wouldn’t make it so easy for ,” Simon says.īut Ethan does not see himself as a victim. Ethan is closer to the flamboyant gay archetype we are accustomed to seeing on screen. Part of his fear seems to be rooted in seeing Ethan (Moore), his only openly gay classmate, being bullied at school. Yet Simon is scared that they may see him differently after he comes out. His father, Jack (Duhamel), is an all-American white dad he cracks bad jokes but shows no signs of homophobia. At one point, we see his mother, Emily (Garner), preparing protest signs about taking down the patriarchy. It is difficult to see what he is afraid of. The lengths to which he goes to stay in the closet surprise Simon himself - as well as the audience. From then onwards he keeps betraying those closest to him to keep his own secret. Simon complies in order to hide his sexual identity. Martin starts blackmailing Simon, demanding to be set up with his friend Abby (Shipp). Their secret relationship could have gone on indefinitely but for Martin (Miller), an awkward classmate of Simon’s, who accidentally reads one of his emails. The two fall in love over email without knowing each other’s real identity. Simon picks a pseudonym for himself, Jacques, and writes to Blue. The post has been written by someone who calls themselves Blue. One day his best friend Leah (Langford) tells him about an anonymous confession posted online by a closeted gay student at their school. His life is perfect, except he has one big secret.
He has a great group of friends, a sister “he actually likes” and parents who love him unconditionally. Its story revolves around Simon (Robinson) who lives in suburban Georgia. The quietly revolutionary Love, Simon is actually the first major studio-released teen film to feature a gay lead. There is, however, one key difference between this film and other mainstream teenage romcoms: its lead character is homosexual. This may seem strange when you consider that Love, Simon is a glossy coming-of-age flick in which two high school students fall for each other. They had not worked on the film but they deemed it important and deserving of a wide audience. They prepaid for screenings of a film, Love, Simon, in their hometowns so that cinemagoers could watch it for free. Hollywood stars Kristen Bell, Neil Patrick Harris and Matt Bomer recently did something unusual. Nick Robinson and Katherine Langford as Simon and Leah
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