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Alex Strangelove
This movie revolves around a high school guy, Alex, and his beautiful girlfriend, Claire, who prepares for ending up his teenage by losing his virginity. Upon meeting Elliot, a handsome kid from the other side of the town who takes Alex in the life of love and sex.
19 January 1961, El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
1964, USA
June 07, 2018
Combining elements from everybody-must-get-laid film franchises like Porky's and American Pie, with the suburban melodrama of John Hughes romances, Alex Strangelove finds novel and occasionally hilarious ways to spin the familiar into something fresh.
April 14, 2018
All of these personal touches add whimsy to an otherwise familiar John Hughes-esque formula, full of awkward comic relief sidekicks, experimentations with drugs, romantic misunderstandings and a cool, often retro soundtrack.
April 17, 2018
This is a lively, resourceful and tightly paced enterprise, drawing uniformly good performances from well-cast actors.
June 07, 2018
You should probably just go watch Love, Simon again instead.
June 07, 2018
It can't help but hit a lot of familiar beats. But its script feels personal, and less airbrushed than most in its recollection of the utter uncoolness of being a teenager.
June 05, 2018
Alex Strangelove is most credible and affecting when the kids at its centre speak out, act out and make out with the insecurity and inconsistency of, well, kids.
April 16, 2018
Landing somewhere between Love, Simon and Superbad, Alex Strangelove is a strange delight indeed.
June 06, 2018
It's hard to fault the bigger message here: that we all deserve the right to be true to who we are, even if it takes a few hard turns - and some collateral emotional damage - to get there.
June 08, 2018
It's a lovely little gem.
May 02, 2018
The film's softheartedness proves to be a fairly adequate delivery mechanism for some tough and tender observations about modern queerness.