…inoffensive, I guess.
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before starts cute, but loses steam quickly.
The set-up is fun and the (mostly) appealing young actors smile a lot, but the stakes are low and the outcome is predictable. There’s not even a B story to flesh things out a little.
At one point, the characters watch the problematic classic 16 Candles and rightly comment on its racism. This movie isn’t racist, but it also doesn’t have 16 Candles’ charm or humor or weirdness. This movie isn’t 16 Candles – or the even better Easy A. But it’s okay. It’s fine.
in the dark 