The Kissing Booth 2

The Kissing Booth 2 is the Netflix produced, coming of age, teen romantic comedy, sequel to 2018's The Kissing Booth. Picking up where the original left off, high school senior, Elle, is struggling in a long-distance relationship, with her boyfriend Noah, while managing college applications and figuring out what a new friendship with a handsome classmate could mean for her future. 

It is always great when the original cast all came back and it was also nice to see a bit more diversity with the addition of minorities and LGBTQ characters. It would have been nice if they casted some younger people though. A few of the actors looked well beyond the 18 or 19 year old character they were supposed to be playing so that was a bit of a distraction. Even though there was a miss with casting, the entire group did a good job interacting with one another. I especially liked the dynamic between Elle, Noah, Chloe and Marco. Played by Joey King, Euphoria’s Jacob Elordi, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Taylor Zakhar Perez, respectively.

The script had slightly better character development than the original with the themes transitioning well from the original film to this one. They picked up again on the complexities of friendships and relationships, gowning up and discovering who you want to be in life

This movie is categorized as a comedy but I didn’t think it was that funny, there were cute parts but nothing remembered for its hilarity. It was more of a Romantic Drama to me. Even with that being said I still think that it was a pretty good sequel with some unpredictable twists and turns though out.