Cute and Not Too Common
Alex Strangelove, a straight A student and class president in a happy relationship finds himself in a situation he never expected himself to - coming to terms with his own sexuality. Movies like these are usually when a person knows who they are but is not ready to out themselves yet. This movie, though, is about Alex not knowing who he is and not being ready to come to terms with it. So yeah, from afar it might look like the usual scandalous high school story, but it is far from typical. The characters of both Alex and Claire are both very cute and charming, and they seem to form the perfect couple. That's until the fact that they haven't slept together,... |