'To All The Boys: Always And Forever' Can't Recapture The Magic Of The Original
Two HuffPost reporters assess whether the final installment of the Netflix rom-com trilogy, starring Lana Condor and Noah Centineo, hits the right notes.
By Marina Fang and Claire Fallon
Photo: Netflix; Illustration: Rebecca Zisser/HuffPost
"To All the Boys: Always and Forever."
It’s been three years since shy bookworm Lara Jean Covey and lax bro Peter Kavinsky blushed and flirted their way into our hearts in the Netflix smash “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before,” a high school romantic comedy based on the YA book by Jenny Han. That first movie — as sweet and dreamily hued as a macaron from Lara Jean’s own kitchen — made stars Lana Condor and Noah Centineo into heartthrobs and helped fuel a streaming rom-com mini-boom.