Love, Simon (2018)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2018
	Director: Greg Berlanti
	Actors: Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Jorge Lendeborg Jr, Logan Miller
	Country: USA
	Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 18.06.2018, Schauburg, OVE Sneak PReview, English version with German subtitle
Synopsis: Simon Spier (Robinson) keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends, and all of his classmates: he's gay. When one gay declaration pops up in the highschool blog by a guy called Blue, he feels attracted and starts opening up. But this secret is threatened by a classmate (Miller) who is blackmailing him.
Review: How to make a highschool comedy deal with the difficult homosexual coming out drama. The introduction of the characters, most of the interactions between characters and of the side stories remind the few series I have seen. The main story on the black-mailing, the coming out is a bit classical but well done. The improbable happy end does not make the movie better but ok, the movie is North American.  The acting of Nick Robinson is excellent. He is able to make his role very realistic, when he looks at all the men searching for Blue, when he is chatting, when he hang around with his friends, when he is both disturbed of being in the spotlight. Looking at his filmography other of his films seem quite interesting and demanding (Everything everything, Kings of Summer) for the acting and may end up on JoRafCinema soon.
Rating: 5 /10