“TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE” SHINES FOR VALENTINE’S DAY

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Awesomeness Films present another rom-com film.

“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” is a one hour and thirty-nine minute movie that dives into an experience with a high school girl, Lara Jean Covey (Lana Condor), living with her dad and her two sisters Margot (Janel Parrish) and Kitty (Anna Carthcart), living Portland, Oregon. The movie starts off with Lara Jean eating dinner with her family while her sister Margo’s boyfriend joins them for dinner and drops the big secret that he’s flying to see her once she goes off to college causing them to break up. The film is filled with witty jokes and drama. The multiple reactions of others around them make the film more interesting and draws the viewer’s attention. As Lara Jean enters her first day of junior year in high school, things start to take a turn for the better good, changing her life.

Something that I’ve gathered from watching this film is how important communication and honesty are in relationships. As the movie dives in, Lara Jean’s love letters have been sent out to every boy she’s ever wrote to one of them being her sister’s ex and the other being Peter Kavinsky (Noah Centineo) who was her ex-best friend boyfriend and her enemy. Peter soon got the letter and confronted Lara Jean about it; she didn’t know that Peter and his girlfriend broke up, so Peter had an idea to start fake dating Lara Jean in order to get his girlfriend back. The relationships evolve and trust and honesty were broken during this fake relationship when they started to have feelings for each other but just couldn’t find the words to say it. This highlights how the two teenagers’ dishonesty for each other for their love really took a toll on them and that it caused a blockage for their relationship. The movie is very entertaining though as the characters’ little comments to each other make the movie more comedic.

Another thing that can be gathered from watching this film is how important it is to be true to yourself. Lara Jean goes through a lot of ups and downs, but in the end she learns how to embrace what she wants and who she wants, leading to a meaningful connection. For example, when she tells Peter she loves him for the first time and they share their first kiss, it was like they automatically felt sparks for each other. Moving forward the feelings don’t go away but she takes a break from Peter because she realizes that she had to make things right with personal issues she was going through at home. For instance, when Margot got home from college and her ex-boyfriend stood outside and asked Lara Jean why she loved him, causing a dispute between the sisters for a short amount of time. They bounced back and Margot forgave Lara Jean for sending a love letter to him. At the end of the film, Lara Jean realizes her love for Peter never went away so she finds him and confesses her love to him; he felt the same way and they both ended up together.

All and all, “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” is recommended for those who enjoy a good rom-com drama film. It’s mainly for teens as it is PG-13.