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Critics Consensus: Alex Strangelove offers a refreshingly insightful -- and fittingly adult -- take on teen sexuality enlivened by smart humor and a fearlessly progressive approach.
Critic Consensus: Alex Strangelove offers a refreshingly insightful -- and fittingly adult -- take on teen sexuality enlivened by smart humor and a fearlessly progressive approach.
All Critics (23) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (19) | Rotten (4)
"Alex Strangelove" is witty, compassionate and enjoyable throughout; a charming movie and in many respects an enlightened one.
Alex 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.
As a modern coming-of-age movie, one that's especially meant to keep the progressive values of teen Netflix on the home page for another week or so, it does have a fair amount of charm.
It's a lovely little gem.
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.
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.
It disappoints, however, with unfortunate blindspots and heavy-handed messaging, ultimately resembling a misguided 21st-century PSA.
We've finally started to see high school movies center around LGBTQ+ characters. However, is it considered progress to now have our own ... lackluster ... teen comedies?
[Madeline] Weinstein, as Claire, steals the show...
The main thing about this movie, more than any endearingly Hughes-like traits or trailblazing representations, is that it's a bit of a mess.
Avoids trivialising issues with cheap gags. But it's still very funny, and its a topical edge makes it notable.
Comedy with heart about teen sexuality; language, drinking.
Even if the beats are predictable it feels honest, like Johnson is pulling from his own memories. It's also funny which is a bit of a relief.
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