The Kissing Booth written by McCall Minor is about Elle (Joey King) and her best friend Lee (Joel Courtney) who were both born on the same day. Elle and Lee created a list of rules that they must follow to keep their friendship stable. The 3 most popular rules used is Rule #2 "Secrets stay secrets", Rule #9 "Older brother is off limits", and Rule #10 "Never break rule #9." As the film continues Elle begins to develop feelings for Noah Flynn (Jacob Elordi), Lee's older brother. Eventually, Elle and Lee start dating and hide their relationship from Lee. Elle breaks rules 9 and 10 to pursue her forbidden relationship with Flynn.
As a hopeless romantic I found this film to be filled with lots of lovey-dovey moments and warm moments as well. However, the film was somewhat predictable and followed the same storyline as any other romance/teen drama would. Characters establish boundaries, one character breaks the boundary because of love, it's turned into a forbidden love, characters must hide their relationship, and so on and so forth. The book was turned into a film and is now streaming on Netflix. The Kissing Booth received a 13% in Rotten Tomatoes and a 6.3/10 in IMDb. Reviews about the film and the book are overall positive: "The Kissing Booth is negligible. It is fascinating" (IMDb) and "Romance fans will swoon" (Common Sense Media). Overall, The Kissing Booth was a great film and I recommend it to anyone.
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