Love, Simon (12A)
Directed by Greg Berlanti
★★★★

It has been long in coming but finally Hollywood's first teenage gay rom com which is sweet, funny, totally disarming and an entertaining joy.

Based on Becky Albertalli’s young adult novel it centres on 17-year-old Simon Spier (Nick Robinson) who hasn't told his liberal parents (Jennifer Garner and Josh Duhamel) or his friends his greatest secret that he is gay. In the meanwhile he falls for an anonymous classmate online.

When he is threatened and blackmailed with being outed by the obnoxious school idiot (Logan Miller) it forces him to come to terms with his real identity.
With its John Hughes undertones director Greg Berlanti delivers a rich and smart coming of age tale that most teenagers, regardless of their sexuality, will be able to relate to.