{"id":22136,"date":"2018-09-20T13:57:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T03:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=22136"},"modified":"2018-10-31T14:09:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T04:09:53","slug":"to-all-the-boys-ive-loved-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefatwebsite.com\/?p=22136","title":{"rendered":"To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Director:\u00a0 <\/strong>Susan Johnson
\nWriter:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Sofia Alvarez
\nCast:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Lana Condor, Noah Centineo<\/p>\n

\u00a0L<\/span>ara Jean is having a disastrous day.<\/p>\n

Life is difficult enough as a teenage girl in her junior year of high school.\u00a0 Her older sister Margot has moved to Scotland.\u00a0 Her little sister Kitty drives her nuts.\u00a0 But what could be worse than a series of accidents leading to five love letters she wrote to her crushes being mailed out to them all at once?<\/p>\n

There’s one for Peter, one of the coolest boys in school.\u00a0 Another for Josh, who used to date Margot but they broke up when she went abroad.\u00a0 There’s another for Lucas, a gay kid that she spent time with at the school formal.\u00a0 Kenny, a kid who Lara Jean went to summer camp with.\u00a0 And John.\u00a0 Who’s kept a mystery until the eleventh hour.<\/p>\n

Lara Jean is horrified when she learns what happened through Peter, who approaches her in a state of confusion.\u00a0 If that wasn’t bad enough, she spots Josh walking in her direction, letter in hand.\u00a0 Facing Josh would be too awkward so she kisses Peter and makes a run for it.<\/p>\n

Although she doesn’t intend to take things further, Peter suggests to her that they ‘fake date’ so that Lara Jean can save face with Josh and Peter can make his ex-girlfriend Gen jealous.\u00a0 It sounds\u00a0 simple but of course things don’t go to plan as the two struggle to work out what to do when fake feelings begin to turn into real ones.<\/p>\n

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Teen rom coms can be tricky to make.\u00a0 Only a small handful ever really connect with their audience the way\u00a0Sixteen Candles<\/em>,\u00a0Clueless<\/em>,\u00a0American Pie<\/em> and Mean Girls<\/i>\u00a0do.\u00a0 Where the language in the films capture the zeitgeist of the times and the film becomes a platform for the actors to go on to become big stars.<\/p>\n

Time will tell with\u00a0To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before<\/em> but I think they’ve just about nailed it.\u00a0 It is a well made, comfort film with extremely likeable leads.\u00a0 It’s been identified by Netflix as one of their most watched<\/strong><\/a> original films on the service.\u00a0 And who would be surprised if Noah Centineo and Lana Condor go on to Hollywood stardom next year?<\/p>\n

What makes\u00a0TATBILB<\/em> such a success?\u00a0 It’s tricky to put my finger on it but I think it has an easy-going charm about it that makes it effortless to go along with.\u00a0 Although the characters are pretty standard rom-com archetypes, they’re never cloying or irritating.\u00a0 Quite the opposite in fact.\u00a0 Condor is a witty and relatable central character.\u00a0 Centineo is an affable and charming love interest.\u00a0 Everyone understands how the film will end but the way it ambles along to its conclusion is pleasant, wholesome fun.\u00a0 Credit to the screen writers too.\u00a0 I think most of the jokes land as intended and they do a good job telling a Generation Z love story that feels genuinely representative of what teenagers are like today.<\/p>\n

It made me laugh.\u00a0 It made me smile.\u00a0 It achieves exactly what all good rom coms should do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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