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  • 2018
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2018
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary 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 fro...

Directed By: Craig Johnson

Written By: Craig Johnson

  • 2018
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2018
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 39 m

Alex Strangelove

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
62
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 43 User Ratings
6.9
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Summary 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 fro...

Directed By: Craig Johnson

Written By: Craig Johnson

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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60% Positive
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40% Mixed
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77
Apr 18, 2018
It’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.
By William Bibbiani FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 18, 2018
Landing somewhere between “Love, Simon” and “Superbad,” Alex Strangelove is a strange delight indeed.
By Jude Dry FULL REVIEW

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33% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 43 User Ratings
6.9
60% Positive
26 Ratings
33% Mixed
14 Ratings
7% Negative
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goncalocouto
Oct 20, 2018
"Alex Strangelove" é um filme com uma grande história, mas, ainda assim, um pouco cliché. Em geral, retratou muito bem um tema atual. 8/10
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hornysoul
Sep 23, 2018
"Alex Strangelove" é uma grande história composta de eventos que passam pela vida de muitas pessoas. O filme mostra como aceitar a sexualidade, mas traz uma tarefa difícil de como retratá-la. De certa forma, eles manteram esse equilíbrio, mas perderam pontos ao tentar criar e desfazer conflitos na trama. Em geral, o filme é uma boa imagem de um tema tão atual nos dias de hoje.
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70
May 21, 2018
Alex Strangelove is witty, compassionate and enjoyable throughout; a charming movie and in many respects an enlightened one.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 18, 2018
It’s hard to dislike Alex Strangelove; one just wishes the film didn’t lean in quite so insistently to be petted.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 7, 2018
Alex Strangelove is a little stylistically unambitious, nor is it terribly compelling as a romance — who Alex ends up with is ultimately beside the point.
By Emily Yoshida FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 9, 2018
This is closer to an “After School Special,” and yes — that’s an even older reference than “Sixteen Candles” — an R-rated “After School Special.”
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 7, 2018
Alex Strangelove is a deeply annoying failed experiment at melding a sensitive LGBTQ love story with the ethos of raunchy teen sex comedies.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
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SKSK
Aug 6, 2018
yet to come -----------------------------------------------------------------
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Dsros96
Oct 29, 2018
It is a very cute film with good actors and some comedy elements. It's kind of too cliche.
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Vitor007
Sep 2, 2018
A great story made up of events that go through the lives of more and more people. The film shows how to accept, but it brings a difficult task of how to portray it. They can keep their balance, but they lose it, trying to create and undo plot conflicts. In general, they manage to pass a good image of such a current theme these days. 6.5/10
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Nazario08
Jun 29, 2018
O filme tem um enredo muito engraçado, porém não tem coerência nenhuma dentro do assunto abordado. É repetitivo e estranho em algumas partes.
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ArcanaThe4th
May 25, 2019
Alex Strangelove is a movie that would probably be an interesting and endearing coming out and coming of age story, if its lead wasn't bringing the whole thing down by being the most unsympathetic guy and a lot of characters coming off as underused in comparison as we spend way too much time with him. It's the movie equivalent to having to sit with a cousin you don't like and hear about things you don't care about in a family party 'cause the people you do like hadn't gotten to the party yet.
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Production Company Netflix, Red Hour Films, Mighty Engine, STX Entertainment
Release Date Jun 8, 2018
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating TV-MA
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Tagline Love can be confusing.
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