Alex Strangelove

Firstly...WARNING: Spoilers

You know a movie is good when it can make you laugh out so loud that they can hear you outside.

Alex Strangelove is exactly that.

The film was released in 2018 as a Netflix Original and gained an 80% on Rotten Tomatoes as well as a 6.3/10 on IMDB.

Alex Truelove (Danny Doheny) is a high school senior who knows exactly what he wants, down to the college and children, and uses all of his nerdy greatness to achieve it. When he meets Claire (Madeline Weinstein) who also shares his love for animals and his endearing nerdiness, they click and become best friends. I adored the school dance costumes that they wore for the montage of their friendships beginning.

One day after finding out that Claire's mother is in hospital they share a kiss and decide to start dating. Alex's life is seemingly perfect, except that he doesn't feel the overwhelming need to have sex that all of his peers seem to have. His friends, being guys, make fun of him once they find out but Alex just says that he wants it to be special, which sparks his one friend asking if he's gay.

Things become even more complicated in Alex's love life when he goes to a party and meets the adorable Elliot (Antonio Marziale) who just so happens to be gay.

The poor boy then struggles through his own feelings as well as the fact that he has a girlfriend, not to mention the very true threat of not being accepted by his peers and family.

He was so confused and I felt deeply sorry for him after all of the trouble he got into because of it. However, despite the very serious topic (for me anyway) the comedy is great in this movie and it literally made me laugh out loud a few times. I also appreciated the way that Alex wasn't shunned and that his friends supported him.

I honestly think young people should watch this because there are so many of the new generation that are of different sexual natures and they are scared and ashamed of who they are because of how people treat them after they find out. I for one think that people should support their friends and loved ones regardless of their sexual orientation. I have a few friends who are not straight and it has never changed my view of them, I don't think it should have. They are still people.

One of my favorite parts in the movie is probably where Elliot is speaking to Alex and he says that people like his father are giving Christian's a bad name. He explains this by saying that his father says that he's going to hell for being gay, but he doesn't believe that because Jesus loves everyone unconditionally. I just love that they put that in there.

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