Lara Jean Covey (Lana Condor) is now dating Peter (Noah Centineo). Life is fine until John Ambrose McClaren sends a reply to Lara Jean's love letter. It's a crush from 6th grade. When she volunteers at an old age home for school work, she discovers that John Ambrose has also volunteered. She befriends sassy senior Stormy (Holland Taylor) and struggles with a love triangle.
In a way, this movie upends a basic rom-com premise by creating so many problems with her romance with Peter and injecting the seemingly perfect John Ambrose. It is such an overwhelming imbalance towards John Ambrose that it needs a big trump card to play for Peter. It almost achieves it but I still don't buy their compatibility. Whenever I think that Lara Jean does something stupid, she admits to it. Whenever I think that she makes a wrong choice, she owns up to it. I do like that but it does not excuse it. This is a problematic couple. I don't think that she fits with him but that may be more real in a way. Maybe something will happen in the third movie and I await for it.
In a way, this movie upends a basic rom-com premise by creating so many problems with her romance with Peter and injecting the seemingly perfect John Ambrose. It is such an overwhelming imbalance towards John Ambrose that it needs a big trump card to play for Peter. It almost achieves it but I still don't buy their compatibility. Whenever I think that Lara Jean does something stupid, she admits to it. Whenever I think that she makes a wrong choice, she owns up to it. I do like that but it does not excuse it. This is a problematic couple. I don't think that she fits with him but that may be more real in a way. Maybe something will happen in the third movie and I await for it.