The movie adaptation of Becky Albertalli’s debut novel Simon VS the Homo Sapiens Agenda is garnering absolutely rave reviews from the good people of Twitter.
From Amazon:
Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met. Incredibly funny and poignant, this twenty-first-century coming-of-age, coming out story—wrapped in a geek romance—is a knockout of a debut novel by Becky Albertalli
The fact that main character of Love, Simon is a gay teenager is a huge step for representation and members of the LGBT community have been Tweeting about their own and others’ joyous reaction to film, some even saying the film gave them the courage to come out.
Saw “Love, Simon.”
Cried through the entire second half of the movie.
Cried when the theater (mostly teens) erupted in cheers when two boys kissed.
Cried thinking about all the LGBTQ+ kids who never got to see this movie.
Cried because I was almost one of them.
See it, y’all
— Sam Donovan (@samisblond) March 19, 2018
me when I finally go see Love, Simon pic.twitter.com/8JR1Np5sAy
— KYLIE? (@kylieapk) March 19, 2018
I did it!!!?️?❤️ it’s only my dad so far but baby steps right? Without representation like One Day at a Time & Love, Simon I don’t think I would’ve found the courage to do this so to anyone who still thinks we don’t need this in 2018:???????? pic.twitter.com/ZGAu4HStFP
— denise ✨ (@whtvrdenise) March 20, 2018
I saw Love, Simon last night while I was home in St. Louis. Went to the Des Peres 4 Ciné, where I used to see movies when I was a kid. I wondered whether the young people who need to have this movie would show up and see it in public, in a chatty suburb where people know your biz
— Dave Holmes (@DaveHolmes) March 19, 2018
movies like wonder woman, black panther & love simon are so much deeper to minorities than just fiction. something as simple as representation can give someone a reason to keep going when the world seems too awful to bear. if you don’t get that, it’s because you’ve always had it.
— gabi (@harleivy) March 19, 2018
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