From time to time, users of Netflix They revive certain series, movies, documentaries or some programs and position them again among the most viewed titles. Now, it happened with a feature film from the United States that debuted in March 2018 and was produced by 20th Century Fox.
It is “Love, Simon”, by its name in English, known as “Yo soy Simón” in Latin America, a romantic film directed by Greg Berlanti and based on the novel “Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda”, by Becky Albertalli. This film, which is all the rage Netflix and leads the global ranking of reproductions, it stars Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel and Jennifer Garner. Completing the cast are Katherine Langford, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Alexandra Shipp, Keiynan Lonsdale, Logan Miller, Miles Heizer and Tony Hale, among others. At the time, this proposal available on the red N was considered the first film released by a major studio (20th Century Fox) whose main theme is a homosexual teenage infatuation.
With a duration of 1 hour and 51 minutes, “Yo soy simón” premiered on the streaming platform on February 16, 2024 and since that day it has not stopped growing. Specialized critics praised the plot of the feature film. “A romantic film of misunderstandings that aims to de-dramatize conflicts and show the normality of young loves. (…) it is far above the usual school farces”, Francisco Marinero: Diario El Mundo; “Moving, fun and vindictive. “Simon is the best protagonist that the post-Hughes teen comedy could give us.”, Janire Zurbano: Cinemanía; “Its great virtue is in normalizing homosexual protagonism within a genre, that of the teenage comedy (…) it turns the third act into something excessively spectacular. Until we get there, everything works”, Jordi Costa: Diario El País, were some of the opinions that the film received, available in Netflix.
What “I am Simón” is about
The brief review that he released Netflix from the film “Yo soy Simón” detailed: “Simon, 17 years old, is not ready to reveal to the world that he is homosexual. While he tries to keep the secret, he seeks to discover the identity of the boy he fell in love with online. The story revolves around Simon Spiers, a 16-year-old boy with a normal life; great parents, Emily and Jack; Nora, an adorable little sister; and a great group of friends made up of Nick and Leah, and newcomer Abby
But the teenager has a secret that he hasn’t told anyone yet. However, when one day one of his e-mails falls into the wrong hands, the young man will see how things begin to get extraordinarily complicated and he will have to face a situation that will endanger the life he had led until that moment.
