I realize this is meant to be an homage to 80's teen films, so I tried to forgive the too-pat, flat, one-dimensional stereotypical characters frenetically surrounding the more grounded Simon (and there are far too many of them for you to have time to remember or care about), but the snarky, too-cool, and 'clever' dialogue really got to me, and the film lost me for that first period. I frankly hated (no joke) roughly the first third to half of 'Love, Simon,' but, when more depth and consequences of actions are portrayed in the second half of the film I became engaged and loved it, up to and including the ending, which is as sweet and touching a conclusion as you hope for in a rom-com. Wow.this was such a mixed experience for me.
