Personalized content and ads can be based on those things and your activity like Google searches and videos you watch on YouTube | But conducting a "fake relationship" isn't as easy as it sounds |
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This isn't the case for every indie film, but I truly believe that performances should come first in terms of what the director focusses on | Bring on the sequel, Netflix! Lara Jean has few friends and feels invisible in her Portland, Oregon, high school |
Lonely, she reads romance novels, fantasizes about boys, and has gone so far as to write secret letters to the five boys she's "loved" over the years.
To her horror, one of those letters was addressed to Josh , the boy who is now her big sister's boyfriend | Especially significant is the fact that an Asian American character is at the center of a film, especially one intended for young people |
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This quickly evolves into something more to both of them and the movie takes a turn for the better |
She keeps those letters well hidden in a special box in her closet.
Not to say that Johnson deserves an Academy Award for her work on this film, but I must admit that I didn't find issues within any of performances across the board | Teens have multiple sexual conversations about losing virginity, safe sex, potential sexual partners |
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Lara Jean has her life turned upside down when her older sister leaves for college and that same sister's ex-boyfriend who she used to love and also happens to be their neighbour is now free | No on-screen sexual activity or nudity |
If you have a small budget and audiences will need to be drawn towards the performances of everyone more than anything, then I believe that's always the top priority for a film like this one.
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