The Kissing Booth 3 is the last and latest part of the popular teen trilogy. Based on a fanfiction Wattpad story, The Kissing Booth revolves around childhood friends Elle Evans (Joey King) and Lee Flynn (Joel Courtney) and their hardcore best friend rules that they made as kids. These rules are the entire plot of all three movies causing chaos each time. There’s also the return of the beloved Noah Flynn (Jacob Elordi), who is the older brother of Lee and the boyfriend of Elle.

The movie revolves around the last summer of fun together before the characters all head off to college. The best friends list between Lee and Elle is the signature priority in their life. Rule number 19 says, “Always go to the same school as your bestie”, but Noah is a Harvard student and Lee is going to Berkeley. It’s a tug-of-war for Elle as she struggles to decide which school she wants to go to. After choosing Harvard, Elle determines to make this summer the best summer for Lee with a bucket list they made when they were kids. Elle becomes entangled in the overlapped efforts of pleasing everyone that’s around her.

The characters are popular and good looking, and their acting is great, just not in this movie. Despite being a main character, Noah is barely in any scene. It felt like he was forced to star in this film as he mumbles the dialogues with a straight face. We saw little to no character development when he breaks up with Elle and tells her she can choose her own school without his influence. Although I love Joey King, Elle looks exhausted in this movie and most of it was her screaming and crying. I don’t blame the actors for the script, but all Lee’s character does is act like a child. Lee proves to be very toxic as he expects Elle to be at his beck and call and follow the rules of a list they made when they were kids. The character Marco returns in this one and it was not good. It felt like he had to be thrown in there to create chaos. It ruined the heartthrob persona we had of him in the second movie.

The entire movie was all over the place. The script made little to no sense, and the feminist in me just wonders why the girl was getting her hands and heart full for two selfish teenage boys. It felt like the makers of the movie wanted every little thing shoved into two hours. Most of the movie was activities from the bucket list or Elle crying about her life. She did realise that she needs to think about herself at the end of the movie, but this was not enough. She didn’t explore her own nature and wishes; she was caught in the lives of others. Maybe that’s the reality: life is chaos and we’re all always trying to please someone.

Overall, if you want to watch a teen movie with no real motive at all, then go for it. The movie is a whole rollercoaster, but the cast put on a great show for the last time.

The Last and Latest in the Netflix Teen Trilogy- 'The Kissing Booth 3' Review