The reversal (required by the Law of Romcoms) during which his friends wouldn’t talk to him. I thought that was way too mean, given that he was previously being blackmailed and now had just been outed. It just didn’t seem true to the characters.
Otherwise, though, it’s way better than it needs to be, certainly much better than the trailer made it appear.
7/10
I think they blanked him for too long but I don't blame them for acting the way they did, he completely used them like pawns knowing they were going to get hurt even though they are apparently his best friends but like I said I think it went on too long, they know why he did it so I think they should have forgiven him way before. I really did like this film!
shareI didn't like that one simon part
shareActually i think the opposite (they forgave him too quickly) sure he had a hard time coming out but he used and messed up his best friend's love live by lying. that being said I was glad they eventually got the 'band' together with a new addition :)
shareI think a fair amount of time had passed. His friends realized why it was so hard for him, as he was getting bullied by the jocks and stuff. It made sense for why he was afraid and trying to protect himself. I think it was longer than it seems in the movie. He ignored them for quite a while in the first place, then he finally faced the noise. Eventually his friends forgave him as they sympathized, plus the fact that it didn't sabotage their lives in any way so they could get over it. Abby and the 1 friend, blanking on his name, ended up happy together. The other friend (blanking on name) ends up realizing why Simon wasn't really into her and she can finally be at peace with that.
shareIt was certainly reasonable. The one friend was in love with the other, yet he makes up a bunch of lies to keep them a part. He even tries to fix up the friend with some loser that none of them like. That's seriously messed up.
He also got really flakey with them, ignoring them for a while and not talking it out. At that age everyone is changing and people grow apart. Basically it seemed he changed. He broke the trust of his friends
They wouldn't have cared he was gay, they were best friends. But you can understand Simon too, just buying himself time hoping things would somehow work out.
At first I felt similar to the way you did, as you really empathize with Simon and what he's going through. But you have to see the other side of how he broke his friends trust and really did a shitty thing to them. And it seems like its a short-time frame but he ignores his friends for quite a while instead of owning it.