“To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” – Lovely [MOVIE REVIEW]
Every once in a while, you need a fantasy – that families are supportive and loving, even when tragedy has occurred; that no one goes without; that your bestie has your back; that high school isn’t the most troubling time of your life; that mean girls can be parried. We all need a little bit of “Leave It to Beaver” and “The Brady Bunch” in our lives. “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” is that fantasy. “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before,” is expertly directed by Susan Johnson from a script by Sophia Alvarez based on Jenny Han’s popular Young Adult novel of the same name. Alvarez’s background in television and playwriting clearly comes through in the way she has structured the acts – never losing sight of the plot but developing character so that growth by all is achieved at the end. Lana Condor in “To All the Boys I’ve Loved.” Photo courtesy of Netflix. Never lose sight of the fact that this film is the kind of fantasy that main character Lara Jean Covey prefers to read in the isolated bubble that keeps her from interacting with anyone outside her close-knit family or best friend, the sardonic Chris. In some ways, the Covey’s are still overshadowed by the death many years before…
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