The Kissing Booth 2
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): July 24, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
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Mixed:
8
Negative:
4
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IndieWireKate ErblandJul 24, 2020
While it offers some necessary growth for all of its characters, The Kissing Booth 2 can never resist looking and acting like dozens of other offerings of its genre ilk, unable to grow beyond basic complications and done-to-death dramas. And yet there are hints that its evolution has a few more tricks left to employ, its winking conclusion only one of them. Read full review
50
TimeStephanie ZacharekJul 24, 2020
Other questions to ponder: Is The Kissing Booth 2 a good movie? Yes and no. Is the acting adequate, if not necessarily good? Yes and no. Is it a wholly accurate depiction of young love in any era, past or present? Yes and no. The Kissing Booth 2 — directed, as was the first installment, by Vince Marcello — is kind of terrible and kind of wonderful. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterRobyn BahrJul 24, 2020
As I might have said during my own high school days, The Kissing Booth 2 is "mad stupid," but it's still not as overtly slappable as Netflix's other low-budget teen comedies. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubCaroline SiedeJul 24, 2020
In broadening the world of the first film without really deepening it, The Kissing Booth 2 often feels more like a spinoff TV series—although at an unconscionable 132 minutes long, it’s hardly a breezy watch. Read full review
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Washington PostSonia RaoJul 25, 2020
If The Kissing Booth 2 is watchable, viewers have Elle to thank; King remains the strongest component of a now-franchise that, quite frankly, might be beneath her. Read full review
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VarietyCourtney HowardJul 24, 2020
It delivers a few refreshing details by giving the heroine more agency in her quest to find happiness — yet not quite enough to justify its interminable run time. Read full review
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The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanJul 24, 2020
If The Kissing Booth, stacked with regressive relationship dynamics, is Victorian in its views, The Kissing Booth 2 progresses to the midcentury. Read full review
40
Screen RantMolly FreemanJul 24, 2020
The Kissing Booth 2 has some fun moments, especially for fans, but is ultimately an overwrought, overstuffed and overlong teen romcom sequel. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreJul 24, 2020
Netflix should have hunted around for a hungry young female screenwriter to take a pass at this script. It lacks warmth, a feel for its heroine, who may narrate in voice-over, but comes off as more removed from the proceedings this time. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloJul 24, 2020
You can soak in the movie’s basic premise and overacting just as long as you know this pool’s shallow. Read full review
38
The Associated PressLindsey BahrJul 24, 2020
The one saving grace is King, a genuinely delightful young actor who manages to hold your attention and empathy even if her underwritten character barely deserves it. Read full review
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New York PostJohnny OleksinskiJul 24, 2020
It’s long, dumb and there’s nothing below these high-school students’ conspicuously perfect complexions. Read full review
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