LOVE, SIMON

A gay coming-out movie that is laugh-out-loud funny with a charm factor that goes all the way up to eleven, a star-making performance from its young lead and a great song score; yes, it can only be "Love, Simon", the feelgood movie of the current season and a delight for all but the most virulent of homophobes.

Based on a YA novel it tells the tale of Simon, (a terrific Nick Robinson), a typical sweet-natured high-school jock whose secret is he's gay and who falls in love with another boy, who signs himself 'Blue', online. The problem is the other boy isn't out either and their correspondence must be anonymous. There are several candidates as to who Blue might be and we have to wait, as does Simon, to find out his identity. Perhaps what's most amazing about Greg Berlanti's film is that it's a product of Trump's America and like Simon himself, hopefully it will encourage a lot of other young adults to come out. An LGBT classic.