Salt Lake Tribune · Mar 16, 2018
‘Love, Simon’ a fresh and classic take on first love
This image released by Twentieth Century Fox shows Nick Robinson in "Love, Simon." (Ben Rothstein/Twentieth Century Fox via AP)Some things are universal about being a teenager: the budding sexuality and sense of identity, the dramatic emotions, the profound need for acceptance and confusing inklings of first love.
Countless movies (and books and songs and TV shows) plumb the agony and elation of teen romance, but “Love, Simon” brings fresh perspective to the genre by focusing on an experience unseen in coming-of-age tales: what high-school first love might be like if you’re gay.