Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
It’s the summer before Elle heads to college, and she has a secret decision to make. Elle has been accepted into Harvard, where boyfriend Noah is matriculating, and also Berkeley, where her BFF Lee is headed and has to decide if she should stay or not.
The third installment of The Kissing Booth franchise offers little new ground, recycling the same love-triangle tensions and friendship drama from its predecessors with a formulaic, by-the-numbers script. The acting remains serviceable but unremarkable, with the leads showing limited range. Cinematography is competent but indistinct, typical of Netflix teen romance productions. Novelty is genuinely low — this is a sequel retreading familiar emotional beats with no distinctive voice or craft. The ending, which finally resolves Elle's college dilemma in a somewhat satisfying if predictable way, is the modest high point of the film.