History YMMV / LoveSimon

* WatchedItForTheRepresentation: The LGBT community flocked to the movie theatres to watch the film as it portrayed a closeted, gay teen in main character role without stereotyping him and giving the protagonist a love interest.

* {{Glurge}}: For some viewers, Simon's ComingOutStory is a little too picturesque, even [[SweetnessAversion saccharine]], to be a believable depiction of the life of a closeted teen. He lives in a comfortable middle-class suburb and has an incredibly supportive family, plenty of friends, his own ''car'' and relatively little angst beyond his insecurity about his sexuality. Older gay viewers have argued that this is a little too idealistic and felt that the story was lacking in any real compelling drama. Of course, as mentioned under HeartwarmingInHindsight, the real-life effects of the story speak for themselves.

*** Later on there is a scene where after Simon learns Blue has a crush on [[Series/GameOfThrones Jon Snow]], [[https://youtu.be/UCINhoHm0e he scopes out boys the next day at school in hopes of figuring out Blue's identity]], and after a montage of seeing gangly, overweight, and awkward looking guys wearing Game of Thrones shirts, Simon grimaces and let's out a disappointed "''Wow''", implying that even though he has been pining for Blue for ''months'' at this point, he would lose all interest if Blue wasn't one of the conventionally attractive guys he had imagined him to be, making him seem very shallow.

* MoralEventHorizon: Martin arguably crosses it when threatens to blackmail Simon, but he ''definitely'' crosses it when he [[spoiler:outs him anyway just to take attention off of his own failures]].

** Simon himself can fall under this. As pointed under {{Glurge}}, it can be hard to take his angst too seriously when his life is so utterly idyllic. Aside from that, there are too stand out moments:

* {{Glurge}}: For some viewers, Simon's ComingOutStory is a little too picturesque, even [[SweetnessAversion saccharine]], to be a believable depiction of the life of a closeted teen. He lives in a comfortable middle-class suburb and has an incredibly supportive family, plenty of friends, his own ''car'' and relatively little angst beyond his insecurity about his sexuality. Older gay viewers have argued that this is a little too idealistic and felt that the story was lacking in any [[TrueArtIsAngsty real compelling drama]]. Of course, as mentioned under HeartwarmingInHindsight, the real-life effects of the story speak for themselves.

* AcceptableTargets: {{Dogged nice guy}}s. Martin is a walking ClicheStorm of every [[EntitledToHaveYou entitled]] [[EscapistCharacter escapist male character]] who genuinely believes that his [[{{Adorkable}} quirkiness]] will win over the girl of his affections and it's clear that the movie ''really'' wants you to hate him. His comeuppance is both [[CatharsisFactor hugely cathartic]] to anyone who's ever had to deal with these kinds of men in real life and [[HumblePie incredibly humbling]] for [[ThisLoserIsYou any man who's ever acted like him]].

* {{Glurge}}: For some viewers, Simon's ComingOutStory is a little too picturesque, even [[TastesLikeDiabetes saccharine]], to be a believable depiction of the life of a closeted teen. He lives in a comfortable middle-class suburb and has an incredibly supportive family, plenty of friends, his own ''car'' and relatively little angst beyond his insecurity about his sexuality. Older gay viewers have argued that this is a little too idealistic and felt that the story was lacking in any [[TrueArtIsAngsty real compelling drama]]. Of course, as mentioned under HeartwarmingInHindsight, the real-life effects of the story speak for themselves.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: While there are critics who felt that Simon's ComingOutStory was a little too idealistic (see {{Glurge}}), even those who like the movie tend to agree that the scenes of Simon driving around with his friends in a car that he, a teenager, owns while they happily drink iced coffee are downright mawkish.

** Simon himself can fall under this. As pointed under {{Glurge}}, it can be hard to take his angst too seriously when his life is so utterly idyllic. Aside from that,, there are too stand out moments:

** Simon himself can fall under this. As pointed under {{Glurge}}, it can be hard to take his angst too seriously when his life is so utterly idyllic. His early comment about how [[CampGay Ethan]] brings his homophobic bullying on himself, although this could be Simon's way hiding his own sexuality ''and'' he does learn more about how hard being openly gay is for Ethan. Later on there is a scene where after Simon learns Blue has a crush on [[Series/GameOfThrones Jon Snow]], [[https://youtu.be/UCINhoHm0e he scopes out boys the next day at school in hopes of figuring out Blue's identity]], and after a montage of seeing gangly, overweight, and awkward looking guys wearing Game of Thrones shirts, Simon grimaces and let's out a disappointed "''Wow''", implying that even though he has been pining for Blue for ''months'' at this point, he would lose all interest if Blue wasn't one of the conventionally attractive guys he had imagined him to be.