The most striking achievement of Love, Simon is its promotion of a gay character from sassy sidekick to authentic hero.
With the corporate clout of 20th Century Fox behind it, Love, Simon is the first gay teen movie from a major studio.
In making gayness its subject, while treating it as no big deal, Love, Simon pulls off a rare conjuring trick with its hero’s sexuality.
Fox certainly would not have funded Love, Simon were there not plentiful profits to be made.
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