To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control when her secret letters to every boy she's ever fallen for are mysteriously mailed out.
What critics thought
A charming and disarmingly sincere teen romance that critics found fresher than the genre's usual fare, driven largely by Lana Condor's performance and the leads' natural chemistry. The gap between an enthusiastic critical response and a more measured audience-score picture suggests some viewers found it too slight, while a real point of division was the casting of white actors as nearly all of Lara Jean's love interests — a choice that drew public criticism even from the source novel's own author.
“The film is precisely what it should be: pleasing and clever, comforting and fun and romantic. Just right for your Friday night, your Saturday afternoon, and many lazy layabout days to come.”
Linda Holmes·NPR
“Centineo performs a type of compassionate male energy that is in short supply in movies at the moment, but Lana Condor is undeniably TATBILB's star. When the film opens, she is daydreaming, picturing herself in a crimson gown on a heath, as the wind blows across her face. In those moments, before the film snaps back into suburbia, Condor is fully convincing as the heroine of a serious period piece.”
Rachel Syme·The New Republic
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Cast & Crew
DirectorSusan Johnson
StarringLana Condor, Noah Centineo, Israel Broussard, Janel Parrish, Anna Cathcart
ComposerJoe Wong
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control when her secret letters to every boy she's ever fallen for are mysteriously mailed out.
What critics thought
A charming and disarmingly sincere teen romance that critics found fresher than the genre's usual fare, driven largely by Lana Condor's performance and the leads' natural chemistry. The gap between an enthusiastic critical response and a more measured audience-score picture suggests some viewers found it too slight, while a real point of division was the casting of white actors as nearly all of Lara Jean's love interests — a choice that drew public criticism even from the source novel's own author.
“The film is precisely what it should be: pleasing and clever, comforting and fun and romantic. Just right for your Friday night, your Saturday afternoon, and many lazy layabout days to come.”
Linda Holmes·NPR
“Centineo performs a type of compassionate male energy that is in short supply in movies at the moment, but Lana Condor is undeniably TATBILB's star. When the film opens, she is daydreaming, picturing herself in a crimson gown on a heath, as the wind blows across her face. In those moments, before the film snaps back into suburbia, Condor is fully convincing as the heroine of a serious period piece.”
Rachel Syme·The New Republic
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Cast & Crew
DirectorSusan Johnson
StarringLana Condor, Noah Centineo, Israel Broussard, Janel Parrish, Anna Cathcart
ComposerJoe Wong