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Here's To The Romantic Comedy Pleasures Of 'To All The Boys I've Loved Before'

The Netflix adaptation of Jenny Han's YA romance is sparkly, sweet and very well-acted by its young leads.
L to R: Anna Cathcart, Janel Parrish, and Lana Condor play Kitty, Margot, and Lara Jean Covey in <em>To All the Boys I've Loved Before</em>.

Well, it's safe to say Netflix giveth and Netflix taketh away.

Only a week after the Grand Takething that was Insatiable, the streamer brings along To All The Boys I've Loved Before, a fizzy and endlessly charming adaptation of Jenny Han's YA romantic comedy novel.

In the film, we meet Lara Jean Covey (Lana Condor), who's in high school and is the middle sister in a tight group of three: There's also Margot,

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