History Film / SimpleSimon

The movie is about Simon, an 18-year-old boy with severe Aspergers and is suppose to live with his big brother Sam and his girlfriend Frida. But Simon doesn't like changes and has to change his routines vastly if he is gonna stay with Sam and Frida, which he does for Sam's sake. However, as Frida can't stand Simon she breaks up with Sam, leaving him depressed. Simon tries to find a new girlfriend to Sam, so that they can live as they used to. But Simon doesn't quite understand how people and their emotions work.

** Simon suffers from one when Sam can't stand his broter anymore and leaves him, which his Asperger's can't handle since Sam always has taken care of him. Having Simon suffer a breakdown and crawls into his old washtub that he likes to pretend is a spaceship.

Simple Simon is a 2010 Swedish movie directed by Andreas Öhman, starring Bill Skarsgård (Simon), Martin Wallström (Sam) and Cecilia Forss (Jennifer).

* {{Adorkable}}: Simon is sweet even if he doesn't understand human emotions.

* HeroicBSOD: Simon suffers from one when Sam can't stand his broter anymore and leaves him, which his Asperger's can't handle since Sam always has taken care of him. Having Simon suffer a breakdown and crawls into his old washtub that he likes to pretend is a spaceship.

* HappyEnding: [[spoiler: While Sam and Jennifer don't become a couple, Simon and Jennifer do.]]
* IdiotSavant: Given his Asperger's, Simon is socially awkward and has absolutely no clue on how people and emotions work, but he is extremely good with calculations and fields of physics and mathematics.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: He states in the first act that he doesn't like changes but he likes Sam, and thus he has to accept him having a girlfriend. Once they break up, Simon believes that finding Sam a new girlfriend will make him happy.

Simple Simon is a 2010 swedish movie directed by Andreas Öhman, starring Bill Skarsgård (Simon), Martin Wallström (Sam) and Cecilia Forss (Jennifer).

!!Simple Simon has examples of:

* HeroicBSOD: Simon suffers from one when Sam can't stand his broter anymore and leaves him, which his Asberger can't handle since Sam always has taken care of him. Having Simon suffer a breakdown and crawls into his old washtub that he likes to pretend is a spaceship.

* LackOfEmpathy: Given his asbergers, Simon lacks cognitive empathy. While his Asberger makes it hard for him to understand human emotions, this does not mean that he is selfish, as he loves his brother and is shown to genuenly just wants Sam to be happy again and thinks to do so is to find him a new girlfriend. Jennifer states that his lack of understanding how human emotions work, it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t want his beloved ones to be happy.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Had Simon just not walked in Sam and Frida during an intercourse, that whould make her leave, there probably wouldn't habe been a movie.

* IdiotSavant: Given his Asberger, Simon is socially awkward and has absolutely no clue on how people and emotions work, but he is extremely good with calculations and fields of physics and mathematics.

The movie is about Simon, an 18-year-old boy with severe Asbergers and is suppose to live with his big brother Sam and his girlfriend Frida. But Simon doesn't like changes and has to change his routines vastly if he is gonna stay with Sam and Frida, which he does for Sam's sake. However, as Frida can't stand Simon she breaks up with Sam, leaving him depressed. Simon tries to find a new girlfriend to Sam, so that they can live as they used to. But Simon doesn't quite understand how people and their emotions work.

Simon likes physics and math and thinks of problems and routines like equations, and think that people must work the same way. But what he doesn't comprehend is that people are alot more complex than that.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Simon has been gone for an entire day looking for a new girlfriend without calling Sam, Sam leaves as even he cant stand Simon's lack of understanding him.

—>— Simon casually asking one of his questions to several girls.

* NoSocialSkills: Simon. It is basically one of the driving theme of the movie.

* LackOfEmpathy: Subverted with Simon. While his Asberger makes it hard for him to understand human emotions, he loves his brother and is shown to genuenly just wants Sam to be happy again and thinks to do so is to find him a new girlfriend.

Simple Simon is a 2010 swedish movie directed by Andreas Öhman, starring Bill Skarsgård (Simon), Martin Wallström (Sam) and Cecilia Forss (Jennifer).<br> The movie is about Simon, an 18-year-old boy with severe Asbergers and is suppose to live with his big brother Sam and his girlfriend Frida. But Simon doesn't like changes and has to change his routines vastly if he is gonna stay with Sam and Frida, which he does for Sam's sake. However, as Frida can't stand Simon she breaks up with Sam, leaving him depressed. Simon tries to find a new girlfriend to Sam, so that they can live as they used to. But Simon doesn't quite understand how people and their emotions work.

Simple Simon is a 2010 swedish movie directed by Andreas Öhman, starring Bill Skarsgård (Simon), Martin Wallström (Sam) and Cecilia Forss (Jennifer). The movie is about Simon, an 18-year-old boy with severe Asbergers and is suppose to live with his big brother Sam and his girlfriend Frida. But Simon doesn't like changes and has to change his routines vastly if he is gonna stay with Sam and Frida, which he does for Sam's sake. However, as Frida can't stand Simon she breaks up with Sam, leaving him depressed. Simon tries to find a new girlfriend to Sam, so that they can live as they used to. But Simon doesn't quite understand how people and their emotions work.
Simon meets Jennifer who is quite the opposite of Sam and thus thinks she and Sam would fit well together. But Sam wants to be left alone.

Simple Simon is a 2010 swedish movie directed by Andreas Öhman, starring Bill Skarsgård (Simon), Martin Wallström (Sam) and Cecilia Forss (Jennifer). The movie is about Simon, an 18-year-old boy with severe Asbergers and is suppose to live with his big brother Sam and his girlfriend Frida. But Simon doesn't like changes and has to change his routines vastly if he is gonna stay with Sam and Frida, which he does for Sam's sake. However, as Frida can't stand Simon she breaks up with Sam, leaving him depressed. Simon tries to ind a new girlfriend to Sam, so that they can live as they used to. But Simon doesn't quite understand how people and their emotions work.

Simon thinks of problems and routines like an equation and think that people's emotions must work the same. But what he doesn't comprehend is that people are alot more complex than that.

* IdiotSavant: Given his Asberger, Simon socially awkward and has absolutely no clue on how people and emotions work, but he is extremely good with calculations and fields of physics and mathematics.

* HeroicBSOD: Simon suffers from one when Sam cant stand his broter anymore and leaves him, which his Asberger can't handle since Sam always has taken care of him. Having Simon suffer a breakdown and crawls into his old washtub that he likes to pretend is a spaceship.

* DitzyGenius: Simon is very good at physics and mathematics, but has no clue on how people and emotions work.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Simon has been gone for an entire day looking for a new girlfriend without calling Sam, Sam leaves as even he cant stand Simon's lack of understanding.

-->-- Simon.

Simon thinks of problems and routines like an equation and think that people's emotions must work the same. BUt what he doesn't comprehend is that people are alot more complex than that.