Love, Simon vs The Names of Love
Love, Simon has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.3/10 for The Names of Love). The Names of Love is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 50m. The Names of Love is the older of the two (2010 against 2018). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Love, Simon | The Names of Love | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Greg Berlanti | Michel Leclerc |
| Main cast | Miles Heizer, Drew Starkey, Tony Hale, Natasha Rothwell, Josh Duhamel | Camille Chalons, Carole Franck, Jacques Boudet, Zinedine Soualem, Sara Forestier |
Synopsis
Love, Simon
Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.
The Names of Love
Bahia Benmahmoud, a free-spirited young woman, has a particular way of seeing political engagement, as she doesn't hesitate to sleep with those who don't agree with her to convert them to her cause - which is a lot of people, as all right-leaning people are concerned. Generally, it works pretty well. Until the day she meets Arthur Martin, a discreet forty-something who doesn't like taking risks. She imagines that with a name like that, he's got…
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