The Kissing Booth 3

 

The Kissing Booth 3 is the third and final installment of Netflix’s Kissing Booth series. It picks up where the second left off; it’s the summer before Elle and her best friend Lee go off to college. Elle wants to make it the best summer ever but is hiding a secret that might just ruin her plans.

The plot was a bit played out and predictable but I still thought it was engaging. I liked that they continued the original themes around the evolution of friendships and love. I thought it was relatable how Elle was dealing with the internal struggle of pleasing others vs finding what makes her happy. I also liked the cinematography and and use of flashbacks to really bring together how close theses characters were.

I appreciated that everyone from the original cast came back again including Molly Ringwald who is so great in that maternal, caring role. Joel Courtney who plays Elle’s best friend Lee was overacting at times so it was a bit of a distraction but the rest of the group were all great. Joey King, Jacob Elordi, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Taylor Zakhar Perez, who all reprised their roles of Elle, Noah, Chloe and Marco, respectively, all played well off of one another. I also liked that they dug deeper into the character development of Chloe.

At first I was a bit disappointed in the lack of growth and development for these characters but as time passed I did see a suitable arch. It ended up being a good trilogy, coming full circle. It was a proper goodbye that was heartfelt and a bit of a tear jerker.