Synopsis
Alex Truelove is on a quest to lose his virginity, an event eagerly awaited by his patient girlfriend and cheered on with welcome advice by his rowdy friends. But Alex, a super gregarious dude, is oddly unmotivated. A magical house party throws Alex into the presence of Elliot, a hunky college guy, who pegs Alex as gay and flirts hard. Alex is taken aback but after a series of setbacks on the girlfriend front he takes the plunge and learns some interesting new facts about himself.
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Cast
- Daniel DohenyAlex Truelove
- Madeline WeinsteinClaire
- Antonio MarzialeElliott
- Daniel ZolghadriDell
- Fred HechingerJosh
- Nik DodaniBlake
- Dante CostabileDakota
- Annie Q.Sophie Hicks
- Kathryn ErbeHelen
- Joanna AdlerHolly Truelove
Recommendations
- 77
TheWrap
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. - 75
IndieWire
Landing somewhere between “Love, Simon” and “Superbad,” Alex Strangelove is a strange delight indeed. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
Subtle it is not; Strangelove can feel aggressively self-aware, nouveau John Hughes with a pocket full of f-bombs and carefully worked one-liners. - 70
Variety
It’s hard to dislike Alex Strangelove; one just wishes the film didn’t lean in quite so insistently to be petted. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Alex Strangelove is much more affecting whenever Johnson steps out of genre comfort zones. - 70
The New York Times
Alex Strangelove is witty, compassionate and enjoyable throughout; a charming movie and in many respects an enlightened one. - 60
New York Magazine (Vulture)
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. - 58
Consequence
It’s the awkward tween of gay coming-of-age movies: earnest and confident, but more than a little clumsy.
