![]() ![]() They're totally smitten, go on these adult-like dates to Italian restaurants but then balance it out with an amusement park montage where they share many laughs in a bumper car ride. Netflix quickly announced a sequel and a third film in succession, and they've opened up their subscriptions for anyone who wants to watch To All The Boys: Ps I Love You, in a bid to get more subscribers.īased on Jenny Han’s book trilogy, To All The Boys: Ps I Still Love You starts off where the first film ended: with Lara Jean and Peter Kavinsky as a couple (and hooboy, are they a couple-y couple.) They're complete opposites - she a romantic, with day dreams about Sixteen Candles, and he a true-blue jock, who would give anyone above the age of 21 some serious warning signs about being a future f*ckboi (too bad Noah Centineo is very, um, handsome) - but they look good together. Nothing spells global popularity like a love story and the first film, one of Netflix's most popular originals, temporarily brought back the glory of a romantic movie at a time when the genre is going through a bit of a hiccup. Not that there's anything wrong with a good old rom-com. Noah Centineo and Lana Candor in To All The Boys: Ps I Still Love You. So, the romantic tropes - including but not limited to walks in nature (of any kind, really: snow, winter, rain, all of it?) slow, dreamy shots of the lead pair staring at each other with a love ballad playing in the background romantically-lit and well-choreographed kissing shots vibrant colours establishing the tone of every scene that is going somewhere a ballroom/school dance sequence with a fluffy dress and old-school makeup that leads to a dramatic climax - are plenty. *cough*auntyalert*cough*īut then I realised, To All The Boys: PS I Still Love You - the sequel to the charming 2018 Netflix film To All The Boys I've Loved Before - is a teen-heavy film, meant for a teenage audience, and releasing on Valentine's Day. She's 16 years old, and has no business getting bogged down by the politics of love and fidelity. ![]() As a 31-year-old, married feminist, I was rooting for Lara Jean Covey (Lana Condor), from Netflix's To All The Boys. ![]()
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