
Alex Truelove (Daniel Doheny) is a well-rounded high school senior with a wonderful girlfriend Claire (Madeline Weinstein) and a bright future ahead of him - and with plans to achieve his last teenage milestone by losing his virginity. But things get complicated when he meets Elliot (Antonio Marziale), a handsome and charming gay kid from the other side of town, who unwittingly sends Alex on a rollercoaster journey of sexual exploration, kicking off a hilarious and moving adv... (Full plot summary below)
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Alex Truelove (Daniel Doheny) is a well-rounded high school senior with a wonderful girlfriend Claire (Madeline Weinstein) and a bright future ahead of him - and with plans to achieve his last teenage milestone by losing his virginity. But things get complicated when he meets Elliot (Antonio Marziale), a handsome and charming gay kid from the other side of town, who unwittingly sends Alex on a rollercoaster journey of sexual exploration, kicking off a hilarious and moving adventure of love, sex and friendship in our liberated and confusing modern times. Written and directed by Craig Johnson (The Skeleton Twins, Wilson), produced by Ben Stiller, Nicky Weinstock, and Jared Ian Goldman.
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| VarietyDennis HarveyIt’s hard to dislike Alex Strangelove; one just wishes the film didn’t lean in quite so insistently to be petted. |
| DeciderJoe ReidStream it. We're still waiting for The Great Gay Romantic Comedy - maybe we'll always be waiting for it - but in the meantime, this is a likeable, flirty, sweet teen comedy. |
| TheWrapWilliam BibbianiIt’s a sweet story about someone who doesn’t know what their story is. It’s a funny film about seriously figuring yourself out. It’s a serious film about pain, in which no one intentionally inflicts it. Craig Johnson might not have made a particularly strange film, but it’s a particularly kind one, and it’s worth loving. |
| SlateAlex BaraschAlex Strangelove ultimately serves as a funny-and occasionally filthy-commentary on heteronormativity and the work that goes into overcoming certain ingrained expectations about the trajectory of a life. |
| Hollywood ReporterKeith UhlichAlex Strangelove is much more affecting whenever Johnson steps out of genre comfort zones. |
| IndieWireJude DryLanding somewhere between “Love, Simon” and “Superbad,” Alex Strangelove is a strange delight indeed. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattSubtle it is not; Strangelove can feel aggressively self-aware, nouveau John Hughes with a pocket full of f-bombs and carefully worked one-liners. |
| New York Magazine/VultureEmily YoshidaAlex Strangelove is a little stylistically unambitious, nor is it terribly compelling as a romance — who Alex ends up with is ultimately beside the point. |
| What the Flick?!Alonso Duralde[Alex Strangelove] is about this kind of personal journey, and I enjoyed following him on that. |
| Consequence of SoundClint WorthingtonIt’s the awkward tween of gay coming-of-age movies: earnest and confident, but more than a little clumsy. |