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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50The A.V. ClubCaroline SiedeThe A.V. ClubCaroline SiedeWith its extended montages of road trips, summer bucket lists, flash mobs, water park shenanigans, and elaborate go-kart races, The Kissing Booth 3 doesn’t so much resemble a narrative film as an extended wrap party for the cast. The whole thing has the vibe of an Adam Sandler paid vacation flick, only with barely even the attempt at comedy.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIt’s still good, clean “fun” and as harmless as it is high-tone and, by now, tone deaf (a world where money is no object and COVID does not exist). At least they have the good grace to officially wrap it all up in a way that leaves no room for sequels
- 50The Hollywood ReporterRobyn BahrThe Hollywood ReporterRobyn BahrThe film does something unexpectedly audacious with its last few moments, making me wonder if there’s at least a little nutrition in cloying fluff.
- 40Screen RantMolly FreemanScreen RantMolly FreemanThe Kissing Booth 3 is overstuffed and overcomplicated, but provides some shallow summer fun as the final chapter to Netflix's teen rom-com trilogy.
- 40The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanThe New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanLike a scoop of vanilla ice cream atop scoops of chocolate and strawberry, The Kissing Booth 3 rounds out the sugary teen trilogy with a fitting, if bland, finale.
- 40VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeThere’s plenty of fan service (including a whole new list for Elle and Lee to exhaust), but also a late-arriving sense of identity that gives this junk-food sequel just enough nutritional value to help its young audiences reconsider how to determine their own post-high school priorities.
- 38RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloRogerEbert.comMonica CastilloTo Marcello and and co-writer Jay S. Arnold’s credit, there are a handful of surprises that defy some of the more expected youthful rom com tropes. But the rest is a lot of the same teenage romantic tribulations we’ve seen before.
- 33IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandIn the face of icky writing, limp directing, awful pacing, horrific green screen, and terrible jokes, star Joey King spent three film adaptations of Beth Reeckles’ YA novels injecting heart and humor into her Elle Evans. Still, King’s charm isn’t enough to save the series, but it’s sure as hell the lone silver lining of a franchise that finally, blessedly, is coming to an end.