Alex Strangelove
A clever and ambitious high school guy, Alex, who plans for losing his virginity, to end up his teenage. He has a bright future and a gorgeous girlfriend, Claire, but his life changes after meeting a handsome, Elliot, who has a wide knowledge of the life of sex and love and takes Alex in a turn to discover this life.
5 July 1965, Newton, Massachusetts, USA
October 5, 1992 in Glendora, California, USA
19 January 1961, El Dorado, Arkansas, USA
October 12, 1997
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.
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.
May 02, 2018
The film's softheartedness proves to be a fairly adequate delivery mechanism for some tough and tender observations about modern queerness.
June 07, 2018
You should probably just go watch Love, Simon again instead.
April 17, 2018
This is a lively, resourceful and tightly paced enterprise, drawing uniformly good performances from well-cast actors.
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.
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.
April 16, 2018
Landing somewhere between Love, Simon and Superbad, Alex Strangelove is a strange delight indeed.
June 08, 2018
It's a lovely little gem.

