Netflix is an incredible source of movies and television series that can be watched instantly. On top of many old classic movies, Netflix also releases “Netflix Originals” which are series and movies made by Netflix.
One of the newest and most popular Netflix Originals is titled “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before”. The film “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” is a romance-drama based off of the novel by author Jenny Han. This film has been extremely popular with people in their teens and twenties. The two main characters in this film are Lara Jean Covey, played by Lana Condor, and Peter Kavinsky, played by Noah Centineo. The Covey family consists of their father, Dr. Dan Covey, oldest sister Margot Covey, youngest sister Kitty Covey, and Lara Jean as the middle sister.
The real problem in this film begins when Margot moves away to college and Kitty sees how lonely Lara Jean becomes. Lara Jean has a hat box in her room of letters to all the boys she has loved before, hence the movie title, and Kitty decides to mail them out in hopes that Lara Jean could find a boyfriend. One of the recipients of these letters is Josh Sanderson, Lara Jean’s sister Margot’s ex-boyfriend, so Lara Jean has to come up with a plan to avoid Josh and talking about his letter. Lara Jean Covey and Peter Kavinsky are the main focus of this film after they begin a fake relationship to make Peter’s ex-girlfriend, Genevieve, jealous, and to keep Josh Sanderson away to avoid conflict with Margot.
As their fake relationship continues, Peter and Lara Jean begin to show more and more real interest in each other. Lara Jean realizes she wants to be with Peter for real after Josh comes to her house and confesses his love for her. Throughout the film, Genevieve plays the antagonist, constantly trying to cause friction between Peter and Lara Jean. After the high school’s annual ski trip, rumors circulate about Peter and Lara Jean that cause the two of them to not speak. Eventually, Lara Jean finds her hat box that originally held her love letters and finds dozens of letters to her from Peter while the two were fake-dating. After finding Peter’s letters, Lara Jean writes another letter to Peter. She reads this letter aloud to him and the two begin their relationship- for real this time. This movie was a huge success and is one of the most popular movies out on Netflix right now. It is a great representation of Jenny Han’s original book and provides a sweet and touching story about young love.
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https://www.netflix.com/search?q=to%20all%20the%20boys&jbv=80203147&jbp=0&jbr=0
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