The Kissing Booth 2: Fluff and Overacting

The Kissing Booth 2 picks up right after the first film. Elle and Lee have repaired their friendship right before senior year, but Lee's girlfriend Rachel isn't too happy about it. Since Elle's boyfriend, Noah is now long-distance she looks to her best friend to fill that loneliness for her. In the first film, Elle made Lee choose to accept or reject her relationship with his brother Noah. Now Elle has to make the tough decision on whether to follow Lee to Berkeley or join Noah in Boston.


Just because the first movie ended happily doesn't mean there is no drama to follow. Elle is worried about Noah's new college friend, Chloe. Like the first film, Lee and Elle are in charge of the kissing booth but since Noah has moved away they need to find a new hot guy. Marco who is Noah's replacement isn't sold on the idea.




This young adult film has everything from betrayal to jealousy, it feels like one big fanfiction. Even with all of this it still feels empty and predictable. The film plays like a fantasy when the biggest problems in the world were where you were going to college. There are times it feels artificial which makes it extremely hard to watch.


The movie moves at a hyperactive pace that needs to be grounded back to reality. Joey King stars as Elle and goes all-in on the role. At times it is way too much but her dedication is believable.


A lot of the problems in the film come from miscommunication that could easily be solved with a conversation, but that is too hard for the characters to do. This causes problems to repeat themselves and get messy until they reach a peak. It feels very out of step with what Gen Z is actually like and what older generations think Gen Z is like.


The Kissing Booth 2 is mainly fluff that is easy to follow. If you can get past the shallowness the basicness and overacting are easy to fall into.