The Kissing Booth is a 2018 American teen romantic comedy film written and directed by
Vince Marcello, based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Beth Reekles. It stars
Joey King,
Jacob Elordi, and
Joel Courtney. The film follows Elle (King), a quirky, late blooming teenager whose budding romance with high school senior and bad boy Noah (Elordi) puts her lifelong friendship with Noah's younger brother Lee (Courtney) in jeopardy. The Kissing Booth was released on
Netflix on May 11, 2018, and was dubbed a commercial success by the service, due to it being widely viewed by subscribers, leading to the eventual production of a trilogy of films. The film was largely panned by critics, who deemed its storyline and themes to be clichéd. A sequel,
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