Why you need to watch Netflix's 'To All The Boys I've Loved Before'

I watched 'To All The Boys I've Loved Before' a day after it came out on Netflix this month, and felt like it was a day well spent. I recommended it to all my friends and anyone who loves teen romantic comedies right after.

The story follows Lara Jean, a half-Korean and half-Caucasian 16-year old girl who keeps love letters to all the boys she has ever loved in a teal hatbox given to her by her late mother.

To All The Boys I've Loved Before is the kind of movie that is as sweet and addictive as candy and  that wants its audience to indulge in multiple repeat viewings.

Particularly that's 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's 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. Plus, Peter Kavinsky, the male lead of the story, embodies the perfect boyfriend!

 To be fair, it does have an existing fanbase to draw from. The movie is based on a 2014 YA novel of the same title by Jenny Han, which became a New York Times best-selling series. But the adaptation adds to its recognition in that it knows every single one of the romantic tropes it's working with backwards and forwards, and loves them with all its pure and wholesome heart. Watch it on a cosy, relaxing night with your close ones, if you haven't already!