Apple TVLove, Simon (2018)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.0
Overview
Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TV
Google PlayBias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Christianity: Positive
Judaism: Positive
Overview
Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVGoogle PlayDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film is rated -1 (Left-Leaning) because its central narrative champions LGBTQ+ acceptance and the importance of living authentically, aligning with progressive social values, despite its focus on individual and community-level solutions rather than broader systemic critiques.
The movie features a diverse supporting cast and centers its narrative on the coming-out journey of a gay protagonist, making LGBTQ+ representation explicitly central. While some traditional identities are portrayed positively, the film's conflict arises from actions by a negatively portrayed traditional identity, challenging heteronormative societal norms.
Secondary
Love, Simon offers a profoundly positive and affirming portrayal of a gay teenager's coming-of-age. It navigates the challenges of self-acceptance and coming out with empathy, ultimately celebrating authenticity, supportive relationships, and the joy of finding love and acceptance.
Simon's family, who celebrate Christmas and embody the film's core message of unconditional love and acceptance, are culturally Christian. Their portrayal is deeply sympathetic and respectful, aligning the narrative with virtues often associated with the faith.
Simon's friend Leah, a significant and positively portrayed character, is Jewish. Her identity, including her Jewish background, is presented with respect and sympathy, contributing to the film's overall message of diverse and accepting individuals.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Love, Simon" is an adaptation of the novel "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda." All major characters in the movie retain the same gender as established in the original source material, with no instances of a character being portrayed as a different gender.
The film adapts a novel where some characters' races were specified and others were not. Characters explicitly described as Black in the novel are portrayed by Black actors. For characters whose race was not specified in the source material, their on-screen portrayal by actors of different races does not meet the definition of a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
8.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.5
8.0
Critic Ratings
9.2
7.2
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