I wanted to see more friendship moments with the two of them.Īnd lastly, I didn't feel it with the new cast. Third, Lee and Elle barely had any screen time together. Noah's facial expressions were not matching with what he was saying at all. It definitely felt like something was missing. The whole situation with a Chloe and Marco was just a disaster and nothing is really explained. I felt myself liking them a lot more, which is funny since they broke up in real life when filming this. Their relationship was a mess but the chemistry was on point this time around. I actually was extremely annoyed by her and thought she was trying to make him decide on his best friend or her. Their relationship was not what I expected after watching the first movie. The Kissing Booth 2 had had plenty of ups and downs.
I don't think it will be what you got out of the first movie and there are much better rom-coms out there, but you won't be wasting your time on this either. There are cute parts, but I can't say I'm heavily invested in the main romance, and I actively felt bad for the best friend's girlfriend because she really acted the jerk, treating him like a non-romantic boyfriend. A lot of this is just either cheap or empty and is supported by columns of necessary goodness, mostly carried by Joey King, and the only other actor that seems capable of elevating the scenes is Maisie Richardson-Sellers ("Legends of Tomorrow"), but she has a role that is rather pigeon-holed. They feel like adult relationships, but this is still set in a high school with high schooler motivations. It builds off the original movie (and uses some of the same charms effectively) and a few standard teen tropes that all boil down to "have better communication".
This movie looks so small and petty and just lacks the fun and charm of most coming of age stories. Maybe I'm biased, but Joey King is way above doing this high school drama stuff unless its on "Riverdale", see "The Act". This one is simply carrying too much bad baggage.ĭecent watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend unless you're just a big Joey King fan.
Quite frankly, I get rid of that plus get rid of Marco. As for the dance arcade, it's highly unbelievable to have that competition. It also needs to get rid of some of the students especially those who are looking too old to be in high school. I know it's called the kissing booth but that needs to go. The much bigger issue for this movie is its insistance on keeping so many elements from the first movie. The difference being that these characters need to be written as smarter people than this.
She should attempt to cover for Lee which Rachel would immediately catch on. During the dysfunctional dinner scene, Elle should be smart enough to catch on to Lee and Rachel. Even there, the movie struggles to write good scenes when it is so obvious.
I like the mirror image of the two triangles. It's all very annoying but the movie is helped for a moment by Rachel's jealousy. That should be left after she becomes jealous over Chloe. If she's in love with Noah, she cannot flirt with Marco. It's so frustrating that it's hard to watch the first half. She's infuriating, at least in the beginning. I also don't remember disliking Elle in the first movie. Two Hours? Really? This type of movies needs to be not much more than ninety minutes. Elle and Lee have to recruit hot student Marco Peña for the kissing booth. Elle is trying play it cool in her long distance relationship with Noah (Jacob Elordi) but she is soon jealous of his new Harvard friend Chloe. Lee is dating Rachel who feels like the third wheel. Best friends Elle Evans (Joey King) and Lee Flynn (Joel Courtney) are organizing the kissing booth again and are planning to go to Berkley together.