The Kissing Booth is the 366th episode of Screen Junkies comedy series Honest Trailers. It was written by Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, Danielle Radford and Lon Harris. It was narrated by Jon Bailey as Epic Voice Guy. It parodies the 2018 teen romantic comedy film The Kissing Booth and its 2020 sequel. It was published on October 6, 2020. It is 5 minutes and 56 seconds long. It has been viewed over 900,000 times.
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"Just get a burner phone and memorize the exits to a sex gazebo. So creepy, yet so hot." ~ Honest Trailers - The Kissing Booth'
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From a society that refuses to stop making movies out of fanfic (Master of the Universe by Snowqueen Icedragon)...
Anastasia Steele: What are butt plugs?
...comes two films based on a 15-year-old's Wattpad (The Kissing Booth by Beth Reekles), that became smash hits thanks to a demographic I've aged WAY out of. (Elle dances in a sports bra and shorts in front of a crowd) Hey, hey! Clothes on, young lady! In my day, movie teens acted age-appropriately. (Jim from American Pie has sex with an apple pie as his father walks in) That's better.
The Kissing Booths
Get ready for an old-school rom-com with all the hallmarks of a John Hughes classic -- sexual harassment (Tuppen sticks his hand up Elle's skirt), double standards for women...
Lee: And there you are, treating her like some slut that you picked up at the club!
...and Molly Ringwald -- as you journey to a Los Angeles so white, you'll swear you're actually in South Africa, because you are. (a PopBuzz article with the title "20 Facts about The Kissing Booth we bet you never even knew" pops up, detailing how the films were shot in South Africa)
Mr. Flynn: He goes and gets into a fight on the first day of school.
Haha! Great story. Now, about those blood diamonds...
Meet Elle, a high school girl struggling to escape her inner monologue...
Elle's Monologue: In spite of what happened tonight, I couldn't stop thinking about what Noah said to me.
...whose voiceover butts in every five minutes like a Netflix version of Clippy.
Elle's Monologue: You obviously couldn't see this, but my heart just did a backflip.
Yeah, that's what the acting is for.
Elle's Monologue: Never great to hear your childhood crush say it's super gross in your pants.
Look, if I wanted to listen to this crap, I'd buy the audiobook, okay?
Elle's Monologue: Life throws curves at you.
Shut up!
Elle's Monologue: Ugh. This is all your fault, Kissing Booth!
AARGH!!
Set your lips to "smooch" when Elle is caught between the Flynn brothers, two dudes whose parents work in the money factory. There's Lee, who builds a friendship with Elle based on 21 simple rules...
Elle's Monologue: Rule #1: Only your best friend gets to know your birthday wishes.
Elle: Rule #7!
Elle's Monologue: No matter how mad you are at your best friend, you have to forgive them if they give you ice cream. / Rule #18: Always be happy for your bestie's successes. / Rule #6: If you can't tell your best friend about something you're doing, you probably shouldn't be doing it. / Rule #19: Always go to the same school as your bestie. / Rule #2: Never share our secrets with anyone else. / Rule #16: When your bestie needs you there, you need to be-- / Rule #5: Always do the Thanksgiving wishbone with your bestie.
...but Rule 9 says relatives are off-limits, so no kissing his older brother, Noah, while Lee has to keep his hands off her dad and little brother. But rules were made to be broken, and sparks will fly when Elle gets trapped in her very first abusive relationship. Is he violent? Check! (montage of Noah assaulting people) Controlling? Duh!
Noah: (slams the car's hood) Get in the car, Elle!
Blames the victim? Natch!
Noah: Wearing a skirt like that is asking for it.
Still, he's freakishly tall, and she got boobs over the summer, so climb that red flag, girl! (lowers voice) Just get a burner phone and memorize the exits to a sex gazebo. So creepy, yet so hot.
Hormones will rage thanks to their high school blindfolded Kissing Booth, which isn't just a gross idea that should get the entire school administration canned (Elle throws a stack of papers behind her); it's also the biggest cliché in teen fiction (So Undercover, The O.C.) since the popular girl clique who just wants to start drama. (Mean Girls, Heathers, Jawbreaker) (a shot of the OMG Girls) Oh, they do that one, too? How about a "get too wasted and table dance" scene? (10 Things I Hate About You) (Elle drunkenly table dances) A big prom night finale? (She's All That, Pretty in Pink) (Elle runs into Noah at prom) A Team Jacob love triangle in the sequel? (Twilight)
Noah: (to Marco) You have no business talking to me.
Really? Well, why don't you just throw in a "dramatic run through the airport" sequence for good measure, hmm? (Love Actually, Friends) (Elle runs through an airport) It's clichés all the way down, people. This film exists for one reason and one reason only: aaaaabs. (montage of Noah shirtless) Wait, who's filming him?
So settle in for some good, old-fashioned Zoomer escapism, where everyone is pretty, finds love, gets into Harvard, and pays their way with Dance Dance Revolution tournament winnings. But at the end of the day, they're still relatable 'cause sometimes, they fall down go boom (montage of characters falling over), in what may be two garbage films with horrible messages, but if they made movies out of the cringey stuff you wrote at 15, well... I'm still taking offers for Ninja Viking vs. Boob Police. Netflix, give me a call.
Texts: Not in this lifetime, girl! / Never gonna happen.
Starring: You Flopped This, King (Joey King as Shelly "Elle" Evans); Simpin' Ain't Easy (Joel Courtney as Lee Flynn); I Did Naht Hit Her! It's Bull****! I Did Naht! Oh Hai Lee (Jacob Elordi as Noah Flynn); Paycheck in Pink (Molly Ringwald as Sara Flynn); Melted Plastics (OMG Girls [Bianca Bosch as Olivia, Jessica Sutton as Mia, and Zandile Madliwa as Gwyneth]); Thirty and Flirty (Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Chloe Winthrop); So. Many. Jorts. (shots of characters wearing jorts); "Teenagers" (Joshua Eady as Tuppen); Marco Always Has the Last Word (Taylor Zakhar Perez as Marco Valentin Peña)...
Marco: Congratulations. / "Moonshot." / Yes, she is.
...Rachel Never Leaves Happy (Meganne Young as Rachel) (montage of Rachel angrily leaving a conversation); and... This Old Man, On Patrol, Checking the Sex Ga-Ze-Bo. (a security guard watches and smirks as Elle and Noah kiss in the gazebo)
Not Another Teen Movie (Until You've Learned Your Lesson)
The honest title for The Kissing Booth was ‘Not Another Teen Movie (Until You've Learned Your Lesson)’. Titles designed by Robert Holtby.
(shots of texting threads having only one message) Does everyone in this movie delete their text history? Shady...
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Production Credits[]
Voice Narration: Jon Bailey aka Epic Voice Guy
Written by: Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, Danielle Radford & Lon Harris
Produced by: Spencer Gilbert & Joe Starr
Edited by: Kevin Williamsen
Post-Production Supervisor: Emin Bassavand
Supervising Producer: Max Dionne
Associate Producer: Ryan O'Toole
Executive Producer: Roth Cornet