This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Totally baffled by negative reviews for this. I watch a lot of LGBTQ films as a film fest programmer and this one is great. One of my favorite films of the year. Funny, poignant and sexy. Very well acted/directed.

Hormones are running wild at Buchanan High. Animal obsessed student body president Alex Truelove is an awkward teen looking for true love. He falls hard for Claire and they become video partner best friends. Eventually, they get into a relationship. Claire lets slip that Alex has been preventing her from devirginizing him. They decide on a hotel rendezvous to do it for the first time. Then he meets openly gay Elliott.The crass friend Dell does something crass to prove a point. My move would be less crass but still somewhat crass. Dell is more than a simplistic idiot sidekick. This is a good sexual confusion movie. I do have a presumed idea of where this movie is going but this takes a different road. I expected the hotel to be the climax. It might be better to structure that way. It may not be as sweet but it would be more dramatic. After the big emotional explosion, it can't really get that big again. Emotional tension kinda drift slowly down. Even his big reveal can't break that level again. Honestly, she has a bigger emotional arc than he does. Maybe, the coming out story is thankfully no longer shocking and this should be her story instead. Of course, there is a comparison to the other recent teen coming out movie, Love, Simon. I think they are both very compelling and slightly flawed in different ways. They could be a solid double bill.

I did really enjoy the film. It was fun and easy to watch, it represented high school pretty well and I did enjoy that he dated a girl before realizing him being gay. The only minus with the movie is just me being salty over that he was gay. Don't get me wrong, I was glad he finally figured it out but for a long time they kinda played with the idea of him being bisexual. And i was so HYPED to have a main character that was bi. So I was just a bit bummed about that. Otherwise great movie!

This movie was badly written and badly acted. worse, it attempts to portray a fairly serious topic with humor and levity. no gay person acts the way did, and actually have a real struggle with coming out. he had only stereotypical straight boy problems, most likely written by a straight person. watch Love, Simon instead.