The movie adaptation of the first installment in author Jenny Han\u2019s three-book series is an incredible teen romance.<\/b>
\nTo All the Boys I\u2019ve Loved Before, Netflix\u2019s new teen romantic comedy, might be the best teen romance of the decade. T o All the Boys I\u2019ve Loved Before is the kind of movie that\u2019s as sweet and addictive as candy, that wants its audience to indulge in multiple repeat viewings. And, because it\u2019s on Netflix, you can \u2014 which means that, judging from the state of Twitter and Tumblr right now, To All the Boys is already well on its way toward developing a cult fanbase.
In part that\u2019s because of the way it plays off of familiar tropes and archetypes: not deconstructing them or taking them apart, just executing a classic formula with care and affection.
But mostly it\u2019s because of the unabashed sweetness of this movie, and the way it builds itself around nice people who care about each other and want to do nice things for each other, like, for instance, writing each other love letters or letting the other person use them as a pillow during a nap. It is heart-melting.
To be fair, it does help to have an existing fan base to draw from. To All the Boys is based on a 2014 YA novel of the same title by Jenny Han, which became a New York Times best-selling series. There\u2019s name recognition to work with here.
But the Netflix movie, directed by Susan Johnson, isn\u2019t just a paint-by-numbers adaptation. It\u2019s a stylish pastel-tinted confection of a movie, one that knows every single one of the romantic tropes it\u2019s working with backward and forward and loves them with all its pure and wholesome heart.<\/p>\n

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