In this follow-up of Vince Marcello's 2018 movie. A teenage girl must confront her feelings toward her new schoolmate, her best friend, her best friend's girlfriend, and her boyfriend, to save the relationship she had with them.The much-awaited sequel of the 2018 teen rom-com, “The Kissing Booth,” finally lands on Netflix and it sees the return of the original cast, Joey King, Joel Courtney, and Jacob Elordi, and director Vince Marcello.
“The Kissing Booth 2” picks up where it last left us. After Noah (Jacob Elordi) moved to Boston for his education he got acquainted with a beautiful girl named Chloe (Maisie Richardson-Sellers), making Elle (Joey King) feel jealous and insecure. However, newcomer, Marco (Taylor Perez), becomes Elle unexpected confidant as her constant presence inadvertently tarnished her best friend, Lee (Joel Courtney), and his girlfriend's, Rachel (Meganne Young), relationship.
Compare to its predecessor, “The Kissing Booth 2” is slightly better. What makes this sequel different and finer is now it tries to make sense of what is happening in its narrative. Although, sadly, it seems like it never learned anything from the first film.
For a movie that is aimed for high schoolers, it set an unrealistic and unhealthy example to its viewers. There is still such a heavy emphasis on the love story in the movie that it eclipses the importance of education for teenagers. The movie also doesn't hold its characters accountable for the bad decisions they made. Honestly, most of what happened on-screen doesn’t make sense at all and the narrative feels like it's dragging us through its unnecessary two hours runtime.
Not only that, but all of the side characters in this movie are disposable. They serve no purpose in the story whatsoever. As for the main leads, they are, somehow, tolerable but still dislikable and annoying. I cringe at how bad the script is. These promising actors and actresses have the potential to make this work, but it's hard to convince the viewers that they are teenage boys and girls because they are not anymore. It’s hard to invest emotions in characters that don’t feel like real people at all.
In summary, “The Kissing Booth 2” is an unnecessary movie. The conflict in the film remains shallow. If only they tell each other the truth, we would never have to sit through the story anymore.
I’m not fond of either “The Kissing Booth” and “The Kissing Booth 2” as I see these movies as replicates of each other. Both hold no good values to impart to its viewers and both are a misrepresentation of what teenage life is. I recommend spending two hours elsewhere than watching this movie.
1/5
