Alex Strangelove

This is an accurate depiction of coming out. Other reviewers seem offended by the focus on his relationship with a girl, but I don't understand that. It's very realistic and an aspect of the coming-out experience. I think this movie did a very good job of highlighting the roles of those people and other friends in the lives of lgbt.

I also really appreciated the later-in-life realization of his sexuality. Yes, some people 'always know,' but some people don't, and others are in huge denial and that can really suck. These people need representation, too, and this is a great movie to do it with.

Even the poor reviews give the acting good marks. I think I can speak from experience that the story is very authentic. No aspect of it rings untrue, and it manages to be genuinely hilarious at just the right times. 8/10

The film was cute and it was very genuine in how it portrayed teenage confusion over sexuality, but the biggest surprise was Madeline Weinstein. Usually the role of the girlfriend in this kind of story would be a secondary one, a small role without much depth, but I really appreciated that the main love story of this film turned out to be that of the lead guy and his best friend. Weinstein was perfect here. There were so many shades to her character and I felt like she was the most heartbreaking during the emotional parts of the film. She was in last year's Beach Rats and now she's proven she has endless amounts of charisma. I hope we see her in more things.

6/10 - I really wanted to like this movie, but as a lot of the Netflix ones do, this one fell flat

A fresh take on the tried and tested teen romance full of likeable and relatable characters. I had a lot of fun watching this, there was a high level of awkwardness which I'm sure was intentional and only added to the charm. Mr Truelove has a bright future ahead of him and I would love a sequel.

I'm glad a film featuring a gay lead has more raunchy, sometimes scatalogical humor. As a society we need to move on from tragic gay love stories and more fun comedies. As a 18 year old myself, Alex Strangelove depicts high school pretty accurately, and having made a student film similar to Alex Strangelove, complete with sex humor and absurd, surreal images, I think more people need to see it and it's great.