To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before is literally rewriting the teen rom-com one love letter at a time, and the streaming weekend hit has made an overnight idol.
The movie focuses on teenager Lara Jean Covey. Lara pens letters to all of her past crushes. The letters are never meant to see the light of day but just like in every great comedy, oops, the love notes get mailed, and suddenly the men come back into her life like the ghosts of relationships past.
Twitter is going nuts over actor Noah Centineo, one of the letter recipients.
Centineo portrays love interest Peter Kavinsky. Centineo went from relative obscurity to internet crush seemingly overnight, even though the 22-year-old has had sizable roles on teen-friendly shows like The Fosters, T@gged, and Austin and Ally.
Here are just a few of the minor meltdowns on Twitter about the movie and its young star.
“ girl come on you know i already got it “ PETE KAVINSKY FROM TO ALL THE BOYS IVE LOVED BEFORE WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME pic.twitter.com/spEtrEfQWz
— ˙ ͜ʟ˙ (@lowlifekarla) August 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/apricotjoy/status/1031113127922823168
Peter would literally just breathe next to lara jean in to all the boys ive loved before and id lose my mind why are my standards so low pic.twitter.com/zSij9KJWJ6
— itza (@marsslushie) August 18, 2018
im watching “to all the boys ive loved before” and ive never wanted a fake boyfriend so badly oh my god
— honey lemon (@VENUSRlCCI) August 18, 2018
https://twitter.com/tkalovell/status/1030374669680103424
TRUST ME PLS WATCH “TO ALL THE BOYS IVE LOVED BEFORE”
— ♡ Ɑíղɑɑ ♡ (@Fmlwinner) August 17, 2018
LIKE GIRL WHEN YOU ARE IN A GOOD MOOD AND WANNA WATCH ROMCOM AND FANTASIZING ROMANTIC SWEET RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU THINK IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN IRL? WELL THATS THE RIGHT MOVIE FOR YOUUU AND MEEE THE LONERRRR
TO ALL THE BOYS IVE LOVED BEFORE IS THE BEST ROMCOM THATS COME OUT IN A REALLY LONG TIME HOLY SHIT I NEED EVERYONE TO SUPPORT THIS MOVIE WITH AN ASIAN FEMALE LEAD THATS MAIN TRAIT ISNT BEING SMART AND DOESNT HVE HER HAIR DYED SHES JUST A NORMAL FUCKING PERSON
— Diana Montana (@DianaHe03329991) August 18, 2018
im finally watching to all the boys ive loved before. goodnight n god bless peter kavinsky pic.twitter.com/K59mC9Vovp
— cecily (✿◠‿◠) (@2cecily2furious) August 17, 2018
https://twitter.com/tiniewonu/status/1030375850905022464
https://twitter.com/sensitivetrin/status/1031112589856595968
I’m not even exaggerating I was feeling super sick all day and after watching To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before I genuinely feel better. That movie cured me.
— “VIVIAN!!!” (@allyouwantedts) August 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/mikesbloggity/status/1031053075845279747
Even Netflix’s official Twitter account has joined in on the swooning, changing its bio to “this is now a Peter Kavinsky stan account” and posting this GIF over the weekend.
Peter. Kavinsky.
— Netflix US (@netflix) August 20, 2018
That’s all. pic.twitter.com/syHK3uCzrr
For its part, the film is great at capturing teen angst. As Centineo told the Daily Dot this weekend, it’s a John Hughes homage that still works in the age of iPhones: “The formula that he set definitely still applies today … Kids are still growing up, getting older, falling in love for the first time, and getting their first heartbreak.”
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H/T Twitter Moments