My friend really recommended me this movie after she saw it, so I decided to follow her example. Well... I was disappointed.

The concept is fine: texting a stranger about the most guarded secret of both of you, and finding out who's the one you've been talking with. The problem is that most of the scenes were really exaggerated. [spoiler]The blackmailing, the love polygon between a group of friends, the friends being everything but friends in the time of need (even if they had their reasons to be mad at Simon; he explained all that and said sorry too), then the ex-friends becoming friendly again without any transition... [Edit: Sorry, the word of the day must've been "friend" for me...][/spoiler] And I didn't even mention all the clichés [spoiler](Martin's super nerdiness, cyber- and public bullying, etc)[/spoiler].

I didn't feel the development of the feelings at all. Simon literally fell in love with a stranger by sending a few e-mails back and forth with him. He ran out of class after just the first message he sent to check if Blue had answered him. I don't think this obsessiveness suits Simon's character.
I enjoyed the guess-who-is-Blue game (hell, I even participated), but the result was truly disappointing. Not because it was who it was, but because it had **no** logic in it. IMO they should've sneaked some of Blue's said things [spoiler](like the Oreo or the Jon Snow crush)[/spoiler] to [spoiler]Bram[/spoiler]. Or maybe he should've gotten more screentime so the viewers could _actually_ guess who Blue was, _khm_.
[spoiler][Edit: Okay, I just remembered that when Martin flirted at the cafeteria with Abby, he a told a joke like "what do you call a black jew? - Blue". Now, _that_ was some pretty dope foreshadowing!][/spoiler]

I loved the acting, fell in love with Nick Robinson, but sadly his talent wasn't enough to make this movie acceptable for me.