Taglines: Rules can be broken… but so can hearts.
The Kissing Booth 2 Movie Storyline. Elle Evans (Joey King) just had the most romantic summer of her life with her reformed bad-boy boyfriend Noah Flynn (Jacob Elordi). But now Noah’s off to Harvard, and Elle’s headed back to high school for her senior year. She’ll have to juggle a long-distance relationship, getting into her dream college with her best friend Lee (Joel Courtney), and a new friendship with handsome classmate Marco (Taylor Perez). When Noah grows close to a seemingly-perfect college girl, Elle will have to decide how much she trusts him, and just what – and who – her heart truly wants. Director and screenwriter Vince Marcello returns for THE KISSING BOOTH sequel, based on characters from Beth Reekles’ 2012 young adult book.
The Kissing Booth 2 is a 2020 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Vince Marcello, from a screenplay by Marcello and Jay Arnold. The film is a direct sequel to the 2018 film The Kissing Booth. Based on The Kissing Booth books by Beth Reekles, the film stars Joey King, Joel Courtney and Jacob Elordi. The film was released on July 24, 2020, by Netflix. Like its predecessor, the film received generally negative reviews from critics. A third installment is scheduled to be released on August 11, 2021.
About the Story
The film starts with Elle narrating her time with Noah before he leaves for Harvard. Her senior year begins with her classmates gossiping about how she and Noah will eventually break up, making her fear elevate as Noah has befriended an attractive girl named Chloe on Instagram. Elle and Lee are planning the kissing booth again for the Charity Fair.
While Lee is trying to convince Elle to have Marco Peña, the attractive new transfer student, also known as the new “Noah Flynn,” be one of the kissers. Elle beats Marco on the dancing game, forcing him to participate in the booth. Noah suggests Elle apply to Harvard, which clashes with her plans to study at University of California, Berkeley with Lee (where their moms met and became friends). Elle does it without telling Lee.
Elle visits Noah in Boston, meeting his new friends and Chloe, making her more insecure. She finds an earring below Noah’s bed, making her angry and confronting Noah, who assures her nothing has happened between him and Chloe and asking her to trust him. Elle talks with her father about college tuition and learns money is a problem, and is willing to participate with Lee in a dance competition with a cash reward for first place. Lee has an accident on one of their practice sessions (later revealed to be fake) and proposes that Marco become her dance partner, which she isn’t too happy to accept but eventually does. As Marco and Elle start passing the time together, they grow closer, and an attraction between them initiates.
Unbeknownst to Elle, Lee’s relationship with Rachel is having problems, as Elle is going everywhere with them and not letting them have their time as a couple. After leaving Rachel waiting at the movies, she asks Lee to talk with Elle, promising he will but never does. The Halloween Dance arrives, and Lee forgets to tell Rachel that they changed costumes (Rachel was a marshmallow while Lee and Elle were going to be crackers making a smore), upsetting her even more. Elle shares a dance with Marco, almost kissing him but stops listening to the OMG girls gossiping about her.
On the day of the competition, Lee finds in his car trunk Elle’s applications to Harvard, angering him. Elle and Marco excel at their performance, and she kisses him at the end of their dance, not knowing Noah was in the crowd, causing him to walk away. Elle wants to go after him the moment she and Marco are announced the winners.
Thanksgiving dinner happens at Flynn’s residence, where Noah arrives with Chloe, upsetting Elle, who Lee confronts for not telling him about her application to Harvard and Rachel being upset with her as well. During dinner, Rachel discovers Lee never spoke with Elle and leaves. Lee catches up with her, and Rachel breaks up with him. Elle tries to convince Rachel to reconcile with Lee but is unsuccessful. She also gives back the earring to Chloe, who confirms it belongs to her. She reveals to Noah in a bar that one night she slept in Noah’s room when he was out and lost it.
The Kissing Booth 2 (2020)
Directed by: Vince Marcello
Starring: Joey King, Joel Courtney, Jacob Elordi, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Taylor Zakhar Perez, Molly Ringwald, Meganne Young, Stephen Jennings, Morné Visser, Bianca Bosch, Zandile Madliwa, Camilla Wolfson
Screenplay by: Vince Marcello, Jay Arnold
Production Design by: Iñigo Navarro
Cinematography by: Anastas N. Michos
Film Editing by: Paul Millspaugh
Costume Design by: Neil McClean
Makeup Department: Samantha Adams, Shanaaz Alexande, Janine Arendse
Music by: Patrick Kirst
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Netflix
Release Date: July 24, 2020
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