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<em>P.S. I Still Love You</em> and What Comes After the Happy Ending

Netflix’s sequel to its viral hit <em>To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before </em>doesn’t have the magic of the original film. But that’s part of the point.
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It’s an age-old romantic quandary: Once the initial excitement fades, even the most loving relationships can fall into a comfortable monotony. Peter Kavinsky’s got it especially tough. After all, how do you dazzle a girl when you’ve already posed as her fake boyfriend, twirled her around the high-school cafeteria with your hand in her back pocket, written her daily notes, driven to the Korean grocery store across town to pick up her favorite yogurt drink, and—oh yeah—admitted that your supposedly counterfeit affections for her are, in fact, real?

Kavinsky (played by Noah Centineo), the wholesome heartthrob of , literally swept the bashful Lara Jean Song Covey (Lana Condor) off take many viewers by surprise. became a viral success for the streamer: The film gained (especially for Condor and Centineo), landed among Netflix’s that year, and helped of romantic comedies.

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