"Alex Strangelove" is witty, compassionate and enjoyable throughout; a charming movie and in many respects an enlightened one.

| Jun 19, 2018

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.

| Jun 14, 2018

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.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 9, 2018

[Alex Strangelove] is about this kind of personal journey, and I enjoyed following him on that.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 8, 2018

It's a lovely little gem.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 8, 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.

| Jun 7, 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.

| Original Score: B | Jun 6, 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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 5, 2018

The film's softheartedness proves to be a fairly adequate delivery mechanism for some tough and tender observations about modern queerness.

| May 2, 2018

This is a lively, resourceful and tightly paced enterprise, drawing uniformly good performances from well-cast actors.

| Apr 17, 2018

Landing somewhere between Love, Simon and Superbad, Alex Strangelove is a strange delight indeed.

| Original Score: B | Apr 16, 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.

| Apr 15, 2018