To All the Boys I've Loved Before: Always and Forever

The trilogy to the breakout Netflix hit To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before has arrived. To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: Always and Forever hit Netflix February 12 on Valentine's weekend. The movie is the continuation of Lara Jean (Lana Condor) and Peter Kavinsky’s (Noah Centineo) high school love story. After fake dating in the first movie and creating a real relationship soon after, it’s their senior year and they’re looking forward to spending all the senior activities together with their New York trip, prom, and graduation.

Their biggest problem they are facing is getting into the same college, Stanford. Peter has already gotten his acceptance into Stanford and the lovestruck Lara Jean will do anything to get in as well. Lara is worried about her relationship lasting if they don’t end up in the same college and puts doubt on herself, her relationship, and family causing stress. All the while focusing on college applications the couple does all soapy teenage love things like going on dates, sneaking away for fun, and bowling. When Lara Jean doesn’t get into Stanford she looks into other options that her future path can take her and that’s when things get complicated. In the film the two carry their rocky moments with ease and they are able to learn so much through their rough patches.

To conclude the series, this third and final chapter was a great way to show us watchers more about the characters and the path of their future. Learning about independence and personal growth played large parts in the film. Lara and Peter both deal with personal issues regarding their family. Peter resolves very personal problems he had left unfinished with his father and they were able to finally come to some conclusion of a relationship. Lara also has found a way to accept how her family is changing with her father’s new marriage. Along with that Lara was able to focus on what makes her happy.

Although her new college of choice was on the other side of the country in New York she knew the city was where she belonged. It was where she would be able to create her own strong future. It took her a lot to finally stop prioritizing her relationship at the cost of her own happiness. This trilogy created a beautiful, yet abnormal relationship that showed their highs and lows, and real life instances that teenagers go through in high school.

The movie is cute and a soapy teen romance that I would definitely recommend.