POSITIVES
While high school teen coming of age romantic comedies are very derivative, there's a comfortable satisfying appeal to watching them for fans of this sub-genre, and this movie is no different.
Solid cast overall. Kudos to Rowan Blanchard, Auli'i Cravalho, Tyler Alvarez, Teala Dunn, Isabella Ferreira, Megan Mullally, Aasif Mandvi, and more.
Romantic part of this rom-com is cute and adorable enough. Young love!
The comedy part of this rom-com is pretty amusing, with Blanchard doing the physical humor, plus Aasif Mandvi and Michelle Buteau getting some good laughs from me.
Liked the whole KingPun subplot (plus the artwork that comes with that), and having it be this ongoing mystery for the movie.
NEGATIVES
Like I implied, it's not too far at all from your typical high school teen coming of age romantic comedies, so expect the usual tropes, like unrequited loves, sports, horny teens, and them illegally drinking...
About seven minutes into the movie, you pretty much already know where one of the main story lines are going. It's just one of those generally predictable movies.
Not exactly the most ambitious or highly produced film. Cinematic this ain’t.
Mother character is a little much. Seriously, calm down with her openness.
Not really a negative to me, but there are those who won't be into the whole queer romance and social awareness. Sorry, it's unfortunately the world we live in, and that's the real negative.
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