To All The Boys: Always and Forever is a sweet movie that ends a trilogy about first loves, intense emotions, big decisions, and high school drama. (Basically everything you could want in a movie franchise.) The final film was released on Netflix on Feb. 12, and fans have a lot of opinions about where Lara Jean and Peter ended up.
Warning: If you haven’t watched all three of the To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before films on Netflix, there will be spoilers!
To All The Boys: Always and Forever has an unconventional ending
In the final installment of the book adaptation, Lara Jean Covey finds herself at the end of her senior year of high school. Her life couldn’t be better. She has the boyfriend of her dreams, Peter Kavinsky, good friends, a great relationship with her family, and more.
Lara Jean and Peter even have some very big plans for after graduation. They plan to go to Stanford together, where Peter has received and athletic scholarship. However, things turn upside down when LJ doesn’t get into Stanford.
However, she does get into NYU and Berkley. She plans to attend Berkley to be as close as possible to Peter, but after a class trip to New York, she falls in love with The Big Apple. Upon returning home, she struggles with her decision to go to college to be near the man she loves, or follow her heart to New York.
She finally decides that she’s destined to be in NYC, and tells Peter that she won’t be following him to California. Instead, she’ll attend college on the opposite side of the country.
Lara Jean makes a strong decision to choose herself
This sounds like a million high school sweetheart stories, most of which don’t end well for those involved. However, after a brief breakup, Lara Jean and Peter decide that they are going to be that one in a million and make things work, despite being 3,000 miles apart.
LJ can feel her world shifting. Her father gets remarried, her friends all head off to their own adventures, and she leaves for NYU.
The end of the film shows Lara Jean in her New York City dorm room, where she’s looking out over a big, new world. However, she still has Peter in her heart.
Meanwhile, Peter is driving his way to Stanford, with his memories of Lara Jean in the passenger’s seat next to him.
They both vow to spend the next four years choosing to be with one another, although Lara Jean admits that she doesn’t know what the future will hold for the couple.
A realistic look at the future
That’s it. There is no flash forward detailing whether Lara Jean and Peter’s love story triumphs for falls apart, and that’s okay.
Although some fans may not be satisfied with the ending, it’s a realistic one. Of course, we’re always down for a sequel book detailing Lara Jean’s life in NYC as she becomes an adult. (Someone call Jenny Han!)
You can watch To All The Boys: Always and Forever, as well as the first two films on Netflix now.