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[@kinej5594]

The characters: Making out Cindy: That’s a nice gazebo

[@withcindy]

look at that infrastructure!

[@shoujokadyan5502]

The landscaping was nice too

[@rx500android]

Me, an asexual, be like

[@Ashely56]

I mean it is though

[@shoujokadyan5502]

@@rx500android /hi5s

[@user-qv2qf1jk5o]

I love that the Kissing Booth is so aggressively heterosexual that Cindy reverted to a lesbian mindset the second she started watching it

[@claudiah.2935]

It is AGGRESSIVELY heterosexual lmfao you’re spot on

[@SantosAl]

I would rather call it aggressively sexist.

[@claudiah.2935]

@Freedom Fighter Keep practicing you’ll get there

[@randompromises1038]

not ONE gay girl or gay guy. not. one. like, wtf. lee's gf would make such a cute gf for elle instead.

[@giovannirafael5351]

@@randompromises1038 I remembered her friend being gay, but was probably just me trying to cope with this bs

[@loveisanopendoor3532]

The fact that he dead ass looks her in the eye and says "wearing a skirt like that is asking for it" and is still seen as the love interest and someone we're supposed to ship and root for...its a big fat yikes from me

[@withcindy]

Instant turn off 🤬

[@tiffanypersaud3518]

Same.

[@Amira-filiav]

Apparently he said afterwards to her that he was helping her practice hearing misogynistic phrases for when the principal comes in. And then they both laughed. He still sucks tho

[@miepmiep4010]

Fr tho how could you even wanne talk to someone who says that

[@obliviousfantasy633]

Exactly ToT

[@eka455]

The fact that his brothers first thought was “did you hit Elle?” Is honestly super telling. Why would your own brother think you’re physically abusing your girlfriend.

[@chaitealatte2221]

FR LIKE HUH?? IT'S THE KNOWING YOUR BROTHER WOULD HIT WOMEN FOR ME

[@hxneybeeceoofroseschannel1670]

It's the fact that was his first thought for me.

[@rgggtv1451]

@@Hi-ky2wd not just anyone but the girl he consodered a sister

[@strutonair6676]

@@hxneybeeceoofroseschannel1670 no cause what was he doing with his past girlfriends? what did noah let his brother see ??

[@lucasgray1492]

I just want to know what Lee saw prior to this.

[@cabaztia9964]

What irritates me the most is the fact that Noah’s considered a bad boy when in reality he shouldn’t have to be. He’s a privileged white guy with loving parents, has a beautiful house with a pool, gets accepted to Harvard for some reason, has a car, plays sports, is attractive, isn’t addicted to drugs etc. The only thing making him seem as “bad” is the constant fighting, but still, what the hell is making him fight in the first place?? There’s no trauma or struggle anywhere in his life to motivate that.

[@missserenity1090]

Cabaztia99 He’s more like the golden boy who gonna crack one day and become a serial killer.

[@cabaztia9964]

@@missserenity1090 lmaooo 😂 so true

[@baldquadrupleamputee4081]

Character depth? Wuzzat?

[@ww.DuzaFizz]

@@missserenity1090 sooo, Nate Jacobs?

[@BeatrizOliveira-id4zp]

Id say he has narcissistic personality disorder

[@s29nv1sr1]

Netflix didn't renew _Anne with an E_ and instead thought "Y'know what people really want? Movies that romanticize toxic relationships." 😃🔫

[@khanhhuynh5434]

Netflix doesn’t give a damn about small series and it pisses me off

[@screemingslay5415]

And the shittier part of it is that some people still rooting for this crap and the couple, for fuck sakes

[@mariama1735]

i love anne with an e so much, when it got cancelled, i was so disappointed

[@Isabelle-hv6ny]

@@khanhhuynh5434 "I am not okay with this" :((

[@missserenity1090]

And now they’re ruining The Winx Club.

[@tiriacarr1638]

Me, a lesbian listening to the girl-girl kissing booth idea: yeth.

[@koi2425]

same

[@therealchatnoir]

Yes

[@kob9344]

Agreed

[@jujumoe211]

I'm straight but I have to admit that would be an amazing idea

[@Zuzu00000]

Affirmative

[@clarap4546]

As someone who lived in a toxic household, that “GET IN THE CAR ELLE” was so triggering for me. It gave me shivers and legit made me wanna cry

[@DororoXPenana]

Hope you're living somewhere better and healing 😭💕

[@clarap4546]

@@DororoXPenana my father suddenly disappeared, not gonna complain about this abusive fucker leaving my life. Slowly gettin better thank yoouuu ♥️

[@mee8492]

Same it wassssss soooo hard to watch that my heart started beating so fast

[@meek537]

​@@clarap4546 💕my heart goes out to you! 💖

[@_xxicantthinkofanamexx_6864]

Same thoo

[@ErieMaxwell]

The fact that she couldn't recognise him until he took off the mask feels like it works off of the same logic as when you play peek-a-boo with a toddler

[@billuraral1870]

Elle: What do you mean Clark Kent is Superman? Superman doesn't wear glasses!

[@gisele5708]

Miraculous Ladybug is quaking

[@Abby-wx6kl]

@@gisele5708 Ahahah YES

[@missserenity1090]

They look more alike with out the costume than with the costume and she can still tell them apart just fine without the costume.

[@daniaj9930]

A platypus? PERRY THE PLATYPUS????

[@pigeonsarepeopletoo]

The worst part is that the author was 15 when she wrote this, and she probably didn’t have any idea of how relationships worked or that the main guy is toxic

[@arcane9205]

I mean, at 15, I guess not knowing it's toxic is acceptable. But people adapting it like it isn't is unacceptable lol

[@pigeonsarepeopletoo]

@@arcane9205 you right

[@officialname9817]

Really immature for a 15 year old then

[@remybug4015]

The authors probably going to look back when shes older and cringe so hard at what shes created

[@sanchka1]

@@officialname9817 oof, man 15 year olds are immature

[@Latency345]

“Wearing something like that-“ Okay, stop right there. We. Are not gonna involve ourselves with this completely out of date misogyny. A girl wearing short skirts or shorts is *not* an invitation or an offer. It’s just clothes. Sexualizing clothing is not good. Please stop.

[@madalyn7353]

i wanted to about jump through the screen and slap him into oblivion. yes the idea to wear the micro skirt over other options was dumb and impractical but it was most definitely not her asking to get sexualized. his manipulation is so prevalent in that scene. he defends her and then victim blames her.

[@ggundercover3681]

and the funniest thing is she doesn't even look sexy or slutty or revealing. ppl who tells girls this often are just perverted because the girls don't look slutty or sloppy or revealing in any way. I've literally worn full outfits (I'm very conservative), in work clothes, anything that just looks nice and that's apparently inviting as well. so the mindset is just a bs excuse for harassment. I'm so tired of hearing this crap and I'm glad women are realising it's bs as well.

[@DioDeezBrando]

Agreed but you still need to be FUCKIN careful. Most men ain't gonna care but there still going to be the ones to take it as an offer. It's the sad reality. Please don't wear that sort of skirts in school. It's still the other person's fault for taking it as an offer but please be careful and consider what might happen

[@summers9052]

@@DioDeezBrando i get what youre saying but it also makes no damn sense because i was assaulted while wearing a hoodie and jeans. it happens regardless of what you're wearing and wearing short skirts doesnt make you more likely to be assaulted just like wearing conservative clothing doesnt make you less likely. if its going to happen, its going to happen.

[@DioDeezBrando]

Yes I agree with you to some extent but wearing less revealing clothes will decrease the chances but it doesn't mean that it will drop them down to zero. In places like schools where hormones start kicking in it will probably help quite a bit to drop them lower, not zero but still lower and I believe that's better than nothing

[@victorlannister5606]

Some of Noah’s red flags 🚩 : The fact that he threatened all the boys not to date her then is kiss a random girl at the party hypocrite He said she was asking to be sexual harassed He threatened her when she said he’s days of controlling her are over he says “We’ll see” like it cute ( my friend had to get A restraining order on a dude who pulled that kinda shit!) He has anger issues HUGE RED FLAG: When his little brother find them together and Elle is hurt he thinks the brother did it! They tried to make him Christian Gray but spoiler alert Christian Gray Is awful and shouldn’t be duplicated! He gets into fights all the time! Fights that he starts! If this was the real world he’d be that creepy dude at school I swear!

[@Tsu552]

I agree with you for sure.

[@Tsu552]

Maybe in real life Elle will have to deal with her mental wounds that is cause by her boyfriend and have traumatizing(idk if it's considered traumatizing or not ) flashback about him.

[@sarahsengabo4462]

And when she wore a short skirt he said she was asking for it

[@Tsu552]

@@sarahsengabo4462 yepp

[@sf2934]

Definitely and also The whole “get in the car, Elle!” scene. The first time I heard it I literally flinched

[@marianamauricio]

the way Cindy can immediately tell this relationship isn’t going to be healthy says a lot about these wattpad movies

[@withcindy]

I just had a feeling ..

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz3203]

@@withcindy I just hate men... until they've earned to not be assumed as misogynistic

[@maraimaski4762]

@@heinzdoofenshmirtz3203 we need to educate and normalize good masculinity thankfully it’s getting a bit better

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz3203]

@@maraimaski4762 As a trans man I wholefully agree.

[@Directioner171]

Wasn't aware it was a wattpad movie. Makes sense though

[@glowingstraw]

Lee's girlfriend is honestly the best character in the entire movie and then they completely screwed her over in the second one.

[@missserenity1090]

Franky Days I’m not even upset about her blowing up at Elle at the dance, her boyfriend ditched her and forgot about her to spend time with his friend.

[@funmitalabi9607]

You have to admit, Elle was crashing all their dates. I'd get a bit fussy too if I can't be alone and do something fun with the person I love for more than 5 seconds at time. She was practically 2nd priority and Lee wasn't trying to hide it from her..

[@mylittleponyfan123]

I wanted to steal this mans girlfriend SO BAD

[@tiffanykim2773]

One word clingy lol

[@multidisaster6]

@@mylittleponyfan123 PLEASE OMFG LIKE I CAN TREAT U BETTER AND IM NOT A MAN

[@marjjjeyy919]

Umm it’s the fact that Lee expected his best friend to conform to a set of rules they made when they were six and his main reason he’s not okay with them dating is that she’s the one thing he had that Noah didn’t implying that he sees her as his property and an object for me

[@CreditR01]

They're both pretty shitty guys TBH.

[@gordonramsayslambsauce]

He saw her as the only thing he had...but he had a whole ass girlfriend who was literally having to fight for an ounce of his undivided attention

[@sin3358]

I didn't like a single character when I watched this movie (except the black haired cute gf of the brother of the male lead) I think the guy bff is just as shitty

[@yc3099]

Literally sees her as one of those cards he can pull on his older brother in a game of sibling competition lol (but no I'm not laughing)

[@phalamy9180]

I want a toxic relationship movie like this but half way through the girls family finds out about the abuse so they take the girl and force her to go to therapy

[@eliza3426]

Are you okay

[@tevaiteacerco969]

The perfect outcome

[@123mrrockstar]

i love how she hates the decisions that the main character takes yet feels bad for her when she gets stood up, we stan either way.

[@withcindy]

Empathy ♥️

[@hannavercelli8099]

Does anybody else just think Cindy has no bussiness being straight? She's like the worst undercover agent

[@lunarballoonistxo]

She should explore 🤣

[@arcane9205]

Um, we all know she isn't. She just gotta figure it out herself

[@smokesignals3953]

Yessss XD

[@zoescott1034]

She’s... straight?!

[@zoescott1034]

THATS a plot twist I did not see coming.

[@virgil2219]

Is no one gonna mention the fact that Lee's knee-jerk reaction was to accuse Noah of being abusive?? Like, baby girl, if Lee thinks there's precedence then Noah might be low key abusive

[@Currentlyprocrastinating37]

“Noah has everything he’s wanted” Lee says as he sits in his convertible which was idling in the driveway of his million-dollar mansion overlooking the ocean.

[@aditikataria2146]

"This trauma happened then this cute boy happened then this trauma happened" Every YA novel ever.

[@withcindy]

Ur right

[@maxisatypeofmoss7151]

*looks at my lesbian YA novel* Hah. I have beaten you.

[@aditikataria2146]

@@maxisatypeofmoss7151 there are always exceptions present.....but ok

[@maxisatypeofmoss7151]

@@aditikataria2146 I was joking heh...

[@aditikataria2146]

@@maxisatypeofmoss7151 lol, but you made a valid point...

[@solkai7575]

I literally cannot tell apart the white boys in this story....

[@wa11ie]

Wait, there were multiple of them?

[@maggiedunn8581]

same i got so confused

[@kira-py8gt]

it’s lee and noah. lee has the longer hair and is the younger brother that’s the girls bestie and his brother is the toxic abusive one ✌🏻✌🏻

[@arcane9205]

Noah's ugly and tall and Lee is cute and short lol

[@kitbracadabra]

wait until you get to the next movie in which it's worse

[@KelliMarissa]

I don't know what's funnier, this god-awful movie or your reactions 😂 im CRYING

[@tiffanykim2773]

It's the combination lol

[@the-amazing-karnak]

“Do you really think I would hit Elle?” “Well I wouldn’t put it past you.” The alarm bells are goin off, the red flags are wavin

[@Vomitxromancex]

imagine falling in love with discount store jake paul

[@email7689]

LMAO

[@withcindy]

Omg......

[@ldekker97]

THAT'S WHO HE REMINDS ME OF

[@kurtaskies7893]

EXACTLY HE LOOKS LIKE HIM

[@JAdoreEdwardCullen]

Stahp! 😆

[@sarahknowlton4088]

cindy: i’m straight cindy: i’m just admiring all the girls cindy: let’s have a kissing booth of only girls

[@billuraral1870]

Character arc

[@flavumlemon4835]

character development

[@JyrisArt]

This is all I could think through that entire tangent

[@alleycat2297]

i mean relatable

[@mme.veronica735]

9:25 how is that only the half of it? (Pun intended)

[@KatieMaddalena]

"Wearing a skirt like that is asking for it." And that's why you're single.

[@makiuna8186]

LMAOO “I like how the girlfriend doesn’t care that he’s friends with a girl” WATCH THE SECOND FILM PLEASE

[@niamhcorrigan3972]

I mean, in that film it wasn't about her being a girl, it was about her being around all the time when she wanted private time with her bf sooo

[@chanela.7786]

Yeah she had an issue with Lee spending all of his time with Elle which is pretty valid tbh

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

Rachel never had a problem with Lee being friends with Elle; she had a problem with Lee completely ignoring her in favor of Elle all the time. Obviously it would be bad if she was trying to police who her boyfriend was friends with, but she’s not; she’s just asking him to spend time with her on occasion-which is the bare minimum of being a boyfriend.

[@emb6610]

it's the promoting an abusive relationship as "romantic" to a bunch of teens for me

[@withcindy]

Big sigh

[@randompromises1038]

what romantic bad boy wattpad book isn't these days

[@lkntgkltrndfl]

plus, boys trying to regulate a person's relations with other people being portrayed as endearing.

[@alexandrarivera7957]

I need a movie to start out as a romance movie with a toxic man and everyone will think that it’s another wattpad story, right. Then the guy goes full yandere and kills the girl for some reason.

[@justalostlocal]

@@alexandrarivera7957 Isn't that just "You" on Netflix?

[@navyachopra3862]

"obviously we can't have a healthy childhood friends-to-lovers romance. we gotta have a romance where the guy bullies her instead and that's supposed to be romantic" RHYSAND (the inventor of feminism) WOULD NEVER

[@withcindy]

Rhysand would save me from this movie

[@merrybright5732]

Not that the actual romance was good but there’s plenty of straight white friends-to-lovers content in media. If there’s one thing I’m happy about in this movie it’s that they managed to have a mixed gender friendship without implying that sex is going to happen by default

[@navyachopra3862]

@@merrybright5732 that is the ONLY thing that gave me the strength to actually finish the movie (despite skipping at least a fourth of it) And yes, I realised a good while after commenting that this was the exact relationship bw Feyre and Rhysand 🙈

[@luiza.limaneves]

@@withcindy only if it were *you're* choice

[@salmaa.6363]

This reminds me of Cardan from the Cruel Prince.... Ew.

[@disembodied1273]

Love how this movie brought out Cindy's dad instincts like "thats a nice gazebo" and "u stay away from her" extremely valid tbh

[@macbethfangrl993]

the whole curtain burrito scene is literally just anime logic lmfao

[@remybug4015]

Can we just point out that Noah's brothers first reaction was to think he hit her... like there was probably a good reason for automatically thinking he'd hit their childhood friend😶

[@withcindy]

RIGHT???

[@cynthiaanderson6410]

RIGHT?!?! Like, girl RUN!!!

[@solkai7575]

how scary is that ???

[@teagannam]

fr... especially considering he then iMMEDIATELY ATTACKED H I M

[@chaitealatte2221]

@@teagannam fr like yk THAT'S A RED FLAG

[@mohanthegay4398]

Cindy: Hey, I actually kinda like the brother. Brother: yOu sLuT Cindy: ...

[@withcindy]

I always speak too soon

[@blue-iu7hv]

@@withcindy jinxed it 😔

[@missserenity1090]

readwithcindy it was like the montage and I had to pause the video when you said that it was super wholesome only to see the sex scene not even a second later, because I was laughing to hard.

[@TayRayReads]

That whole skirt scene feels like what schools think will happen if they don't enforce the dress code.

[@roseredmayne]

2021: Let's leave love stories where the girl falls for an abusive, possessive misogynist in 2020

[@marianamauricio]

it’s the abuse, possessiveness and manipulation of all these wattpad bad boys being romanticized for me

[@withcindy]

it's the toxic masculinity for me

[@user-kt3qm8jy8y]

Its the all of the above for me.

[@randompromises1038]

deadass read a book once about how a guy blamed this girl for his brother's death when he saved her from getting hit by a car, and proceeded to make her life hell by threatening to send her nudes (she was undressing with the blinds open), having the entire school bully her, and often threatened to harm her/rape her. and then, y'know, it's revealed he has bpd and she's still in love with him and it was just,,, hugely romanticizing abuse just because he has a mental illness. anyways i hate the bad boy genre

[@marianamauricio]

@@randompromises1038 bro thats insane wtf.......

[@randompromises1038]

@@marianamauricio yeah and it's also now a published book iirc and is a series. which is kinda gross because it just really says 'it's okay if someone treats you like shit, if he's hot and has a mental illness then he gets a pass! :D' i really hate wattpad

[@gaeulsblondehair]

The fact that Lee had to accuse Noah of hitting Elle in the first place says so much....

[@withcindy]

Huge red flag

[@Rivenlore99]

That should be a huge warning for Elle, but ofc not.

[@dragonfly5177]

Instead they made Lee look crazy

[@LB0206]

Time stamp (to whoever reads this and happens to be watching it at the same time or something)?

[@Dogmaaa]

no one is talking about "GET IN THE CAR, ELLE" it seems. that is BOUND to bring up some trauma for someone, that was genuinely scary.

[@dhriti5579]

"cassandra clare who?" oh yes, our favourite trope, siblings to lovers

[@RivenLove]

The concept of a kissing booth is so disgusting to me, especially when it's operated by children

[@prowlandsasuke]

Its the slamming his fist on his car and yelling at her to get in for me

[@withcindy]

so hot!

[@Rivenlore99]

Yeah....that scene was SO romantic (sarcasm)

[@violetcampbell9974]

12:21 For reference

[@everythingz888]

And she flinched too

[@scylla1772]

I actually got a bit scared tbh

[@KelliMarissa]

Okay wait I'm actually sobbing at 14:46 this is the most hilarious moment

[@kel1922]

Ikrrrrrrr

[@mslizzieforbes]

They should have touched more on how Flynn treated lee, it’s clear that he pushed his brother into his shadow for their entire lives. Lee is so quick to assume his brother hit lee, it makes it seem like his brother might genuinely be abusive.

[@Kim-dl2uk]

I hate that some of my friends actually think this movie is genuinely romantic.. It makes me so worried for them.

[@TomTom-wn3xn]

Explain to them the signs of a toxic partner and maybe they'll understand

[@akuaik.100]

Same I saw this film with my friends and I couldn't understand how they could find it any good 😔

[@ggundercover3681]

@@TomTom-wn3xn and then they ignore you or think you're digging too deep and then come crying to you for advice when they are in that same toxic relationship. yea...some ppl are hopeless. you can only pray for some supernatural entity to slap sense into them sometimes.

[@averageae]

Ikr, my friend is obsessed with movies with toxic rls and she was in an on-and-off toxic rls herself. But I really dk how to approach her

[@yoshmarsh8412]

@@averageae just tell her she needs to stop with the toxic shit

[@erin8765]

"this isn't the way home" after he just yelled at you to get in the car?? TUCK AND ROLL GET OUT OF THAT CAR

[@annaalonzo551]

Not even joking my ex did this to me. Drove me to the middle of nowhere... An H O U R S drive away from the place that I lived to give me an ultimatum on whether to stay with him or get out of the car. He showed me this movie as one of his faves, I should have seen it coming lol

[@cordeliaistheone]

@@annaalonzo551 shit, I'm so glad you're out of there. Stay safe 💖

[@115_vaibhavidangre4]

@@annaalonzo551 dam that must've been scary....

[@ginandromeda1618]

@@annaalonzo551 holy fuck, how did you get out of that one?

[@annaalonzo551]

@@ginandromeda1618 It was scary haha. I gave him a bunch of bs about how I wanted to be with him so he would drive me back. Once I was home and out of the car I told him I never wanted to see him again, so he drove around the neighborhood revving his engine for awhile to scare me. Take this as a warning lol don't date people who name their violent rages.

[@jujumoe211]

I cringed at the movie.... "YoU cAn'T tReAt Me LiKe OnE oF yOuR cOnQuEsTs" 🤪

[@ggundercover3681]

as he does exactly that lol

[@janyautkarsh169]

WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THE SCENE WHERE SHE JUST RUNS HOME LIKE 🏃🏽‍♀️

[@itskdauh5450]

Cindy: "I'm straight" Also Cindy: "idk maybe she and I should get to talkin hmm" WLWs: immense confusion

[@withcindy]

I am a mystery

[@prosperenfantinylosgeograf2721]

don't forget a only women kissing boot being her safe space! omg

[@nekolover881]

its like the creators of euphoria watched kissing booth and were like yo this boy would be a perfect in the role of the abusive antagonist in our show lmao

[@withcindy]

That's what I thought too!!

[@SarifaXionic]

He’s actually a really good actor. Especially that last scene where he is fighting his dad.

[@milenar592]

well he is abusive as fuck

[@Rivenlore99]

I kinda feel bad for the actor bc he isn’t like that

[@Isabelle-hv6ny]

But in Euphoria it's not portrayed as good

[@multidisaster6]

i can't believe the person i related to the most in this movie is that one student council guy who said a kissing booth spreads germs like yeah even outside a pandemic that's disgusting as hell (im rewatching this after a few months lmao)

[@tabathaalshalhoub1653]

I first saw a kissing booth in She’s the Man and …ewwww

[@gem9535]

Let me just summarize this movie: 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

[@kl3321]

the scene with the dude naked and then acting possessive in the chair almost made me yeet my attraction to men

[@detectivedance]

my attraction to real men has been gone for a long time now

[@kl3321]

@@detectivedance god i wish that were me

[@kob9344]

@@detectivedance my attraction to men was always nonexistent

[@detectivedance]

@@kob9344 damn, lucky u

[@frisolaxod3835]

I can't do anything about it since I'm gay. But you know, at least I can give that guy a punch or tell him off.

[@sohsaturno]

noah: "wearing a skirt like this is asking for it" cindy and everyone else watching the movie: 👁️👄👁️

[@Orchidlettux]

I almost choked on my water

[@withcindy]

i cant believe.....

[@randompromises1038]

catch me wearing all the skirts i want because it's my body and my decision teehee

[@catsandbats77]

But he's cute though, so it made her smile. 🙄

[@tetewhyelle]

My friends told me I had to watch this movie because it was so great and I got to that part and was just like “alright well this is a hate watch now”

[@janaj7364]

She's running like a character from Sims 4😂

[@glossyraspberries9124]

PLEASE THE ACCURACY 😭🖐🏼

[@lightyagami4535]

No, not The Sims. She’s over here running like one of those characters from Episode 😂.

[@somescottishlassie891]

Me whenever noah is on screen: nopenopenopenope

[@lore5751]

This movie: Are the straights ok?

[@alyssaj8779]

and the answer was no!

[@joana8615]

No they are not lmao

[@erisnixx7404]

No but we already knew that

[@withcindy]

they never were

[@horseenthusiast1250]

They truly aren't

[@ElysianLys]

I'm Cindy's dead-eyed stare during these idiots having a paint fight. You can see the faith in humanity just draining out. I'm also the latent bisexuality just JUMPING OUT whenever a cute girl shows up onscreen.

[@withcindy]

me the whole time they were screaming and throwing paint at each other: :|

[@legumesss]

The only movie that is allowed to have a paint fight scene is 10 Things I Hate About You.

[@shoujokadyan5502]

@@legumesss the only best paint fight scene

[@Katagenaetgena]

Honestly, at this point, I don't even watch trashy romcom movies anymore : I just wait for Cindy to make videos on them and then nod emphatically whenever she analyses how toxic it is. YOU NEVER DISAPPOINT, CINDY, YOU'RE THE BEST.

[@usvakhan8707]

CINDY WATCHING THE PAINT SCENE WITH A COMPLETE STRAIGHT FACE IS SENDING ME

[@KatKomodo]

This would have been THE BEST horror movie: seduced, kidnapped, surviving. And she gets to kill him in the end.

[@mythandmayhem1134]

OK so a psychological horror marketed as a romance. And we watch this toxic man or woman deal with their partner in very toxic ways but the main character still convinces themself that their partner loves them and maybe the main character even does love them (the love interest). And it’s a way to kind of demonstrate how hard it can be to detangle yourself from a toxic or abusive relationship because your mind plays tricks on you and convinces you that it’s normal, that it’s healthy, that it’s OK, that’s justifiable. And we watch them as they struggle to get away and escape, made more difficult because they cut off all other ties because the love interest convince him that those people are bad for them. But it doesn’t end once the main character escapes because it doesn’t just end once you get out of abusive relationship. There’s still recovery and relearning your value or learning it for the first time in some cases. They’re still learning who to trust you can’t be trusted. There’s trying to rebuild yourself into something without them. This abuse and this trauma isn’t romanticize. This is what is happened to so many people and what is continuing to happen to so many people and this would be a statement about why it’s dangerous to idolize these abusive and toxic relationships. I do say all of this knowing full well that the “romantic lead” who is pretty obviously abusive and toxic and horrible and (maybe hopefully dead by the end) would be romanticized.

[@KatKomodo]

@@mythandmayhem1134 please write a screenplay

[@mythandmayhem1134]

@@KatKomodo Maybe I’ll try one day, I’m really more of an author than a screenwriter though 😅

[@Rivenlore99]

That would be so cool

[@adaircarothers8506]

you can probably find that story on Wattpad not gonna lie

[@sadaffatima1434]

if this was real life elle would probably get murdered

[@Tori_100]

Ooh and then the rest of the movie would be the trial of his murder oooooooohhhhhhh😮 yes

[@arandommonth765]

that would be a better movie

[@XuiLeeEv]

The second she was like 'this isn't the way home' I was like SHE'S DEAD SHE'S GONE. They really wrote that guy as violent and sexually fixated on her, it could've be the first half of a crime show.

[@riverstyx8126]

Would've been a much more interesting movie lmao

[@nightshifterVHS]

PLSSSSS

[@yourparentsdivorceattorney3333]

The scene where he asks if he hit her and then he says I would never hit her but proceeds to immediately get violent like bruh you just proved his point. Also massive red flag that he thought that if his own brother did that and he said “I wouldn’t put it past you” and he’s not wrong, I wouldn’t put it past him either tbh

[@Pipkiablo]

Deadass, when the brothers got into a fight while she starts crying in the background for them to stop, my first thought was that clip from that telenovela where that girl gets pushed out of a wheelchair and her boyfriend gets stabbed in the arm with scissors while everyone stands around watching him bleed to death came immediately to mind and I couldn't stop laughing.

[@regann7227]

W h a t

[@cassualtea2040]

pls tell me where this telenovella is I need to see it for my own eyes this sounds hysterical

[@Pipkiablo]

@@cassualtea2040 It took me a while to find it because I literally had no idea what to even search for, but here's the scene in question. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5vZnoKLZ6Z8jas

[@cassualtea2040]

@@Pipkiablo thank you for your efforts, this is greatly appreciated

[@anniex2000]

last time i was this early rhys hadnt invented womens rights yet

[@withcindy]

Rhysand was born inventing women's rights

[@selenophile410]

Rhysand is the ling ling og

[@nwk3587]

@@selenophile410 love to see ling ling wannabes everywhere

[@justlaila4608]

@@nwk3587 we should all be practicing

[@JillianLovesBooks]

SJM’s characters pulling it out for GENDER EQUALITY. Things you love to see, but never thought you would: it.

[@alyssaj8779]

You can tell this is a Wattpad movie because he looks like he's 2 feet taller than her

[@withcindy]

he has to bend over 90 degrees just to reach her head

[@hat7475]

Terrifiyingly, the height difference can be considered the same as me and my brother's ahjdhksbfajz yikes😬

[@nightgarla]

Men with anger issues is the reason i dont wanna admit to myself that I'm bi

[@katdiaz7997]

Yes, they are so in love that she's practically crying the first few times they kiss. Because that's something we all want I guess

[@manyagoyal3835]

Elle wasn't my favourite but boi was I scared for her the whole movie. A boyfriend with anger issues and a best friend who demands a whole lotta emotional labour from her. Yikes...I suppose she is pretty dumb but like they didn't have to romanticize it like that.

[@meishuu]

She's really, really dumb. That's how they like them I guess... yikes

[@Denturess]

@@meishuu all these guys seem like the type to post “if you don’t want me at my worst you don’t deserve me at my best” on fb

[@adeleaslan8182]

To be honest I just wanted her to realize that all the men in her life were toxic, drop them, and focus on working on soccer to get into a good college because we know she’s not smart enough to get into an Ivy League college

[@manyagoyal3835]

@@adeleaslan8182 - Yeah, girls in these movies aren't allowed to have a life aside from guys. Everything should be related to some guy. Its pretty sad.

[@adeleaslan8182]

@@manyagoyal3835 for real. Every scene with her was either her with Noah, Flynn, or thinking about them

[@sofiacanas6282]

Cindy basically the whole video: heterosexuality has left the chat

[@withcindy]

We will not go back there again

[@Morfeusm]

But... but what’s wrong with being heterosexual? 🥺

[@Orchidlettux]

@@Morfeusm Nothing wrong with it, Cindy's heterosexuality is just walking out the door, or not, it's just dancing around lol

[@TeranosukeUnko]

@@Morfeusm Nothing's wrong. Same as there's nothing wrong with being gay, bi, pan, ace, etc.

[@sadtitties222]

​@@Morfeusm Dude, don't worry it's just a joke. Nothing to fret about, lol. We just don't support toxic men (like Noah) being glorified and romanticized in modern media targeted towards girls/women. Non-toxic men, however, are kings and will always be loved and appreciated. :)

[@kirahanson2095]

16:23 Its the 'he'll calm down if he looks at me' for me

[@sdrawkcabemdaer5]

"How did he get into Harvard, he doesn't even know how to read" made me CACKLE 💀 I tried to watch this movie at one point, knowing nothing about it in advance, and I wanted to give up on humanity by the 20 minute mark. So thanks for suffering through it for our enjoyment!

[@emma-cu7si]

Cindy: I'm straight!! Us wlw: A moment of silence Also Cindy: Girls should have an exclusive place to kiss each other! No boys allowed! Us: 👁👄👁

[@withcindy]

boys have cooties so they cannot be allowed!

[@emma-cu7si]

@@withcindy obviously 😌

[@mentallyunstable1926]

i’d love to see a wlw kissing booth irl or in media. their relationships would probably be healthy or at least healthier than theirs

[@mentallyunstable1926]

@@ClassPunkOnRumbleAndSubstack wait can you like clarify what you mean? i’m having a hard time understanding the comment

[@cainyourkids]

@@mentallyunstable1926 I think what they meant was that unhealthy relationships can occur anywhere, regardless of the gender identities of the people involved in the relationship.

[@Eliza-lu1pg]

Cindy: “omg i love lee’s girlfriend! she’s so nice and seems ok with him being friends with Elle! Kissing Booth 2 is typing...

[@withcindy]

Oh nooooo,😭😭😭

[@3ki3ra3]

WAIT YOU’RE NOT TELLING ME THEY BUTCHERED THE ONLY GIRL I LIKED

[@proserpinabringerofdeath5935]

@@3ki3ra3 she got left behind because lee keeps leaving her behind for Elle 😭😭😭

[@hat7475]

@@proserpinabringerofdeath5935 LABXJNXJSBZKSNSJSJNSS WHYY WHY DID THEY DO THAT😭

[@chimmy7120]

Lee’s girlfriend is nice and sweet. I felt elle was interrupting their dates 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@Tsu552]

Noah:" I don't start fights okay, I finish them" Also Noah :*the one who start and is the reason why the fight exist in the first place.

[@merry2882]

“What if we had a kissing booth, with ✨girls only✨?” YOU KNOW IT SISSSS!!! 🤪🤪👍🏻👍🏻

[@SloanePaoPow]

"I dont trust men with anger issues. It's a huge red flag." SAY IT LOUDER FOR THOSE IN THE BACK!!!

[@rokimadshifternojamas7892]

Me a Bakugou Simp:....well👁👄👁

[@LiNestHetalia]

@@rokimadshifternojamas7892 to be fair, Bakugou is trying be a better guy, also he has a sunshine bean called Kirishima by his side

[@Alexander-ww8gx]

“Little sister?? Cassandra Clare, who?” The noise I made was UNNATURAL

[@blankslate7491]

I made a minecraft villager noise

[@ggundercover3681]

@@blankslate7491 omg I imagined that is and it's a glorious description.

[@Sam-0827]

Sebastian shook

[@kimberleychee7360]

PLSSSSSS SAMEEE

[@magentadevice5305]

11:48 THE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE IS TRIGGERING ME SO BAD

[@fnafqueen1297]

4:25 everyone's mouth dropped-

[@kristinmarkussen9016]

“Omg he’s so violent for her🥰” really describes every wattpad romance huh

[@allisonsimmons2997]

it really does😭😭

[@kristinmarkussen9016]

@@allisonsimmons2997 🥴

[@Com3tcandi]

"He's an angsty broken teen with a bad past he can't help it-" That mentality ain't it sis yet so many movies try to play it off like its cute.

[@snakewithapen5489]

Here's an idea: how about we heal as people and become mentally sound and healthy before trying to rush blindly into a crash-and-burn relationship.

[@lydiasimpson8244]

and like... we’ve seen his house. he’s rich affff and he has two good parents and got accepted to an ivy league it’s not like he’s broken but they play it off like he isss

[@Rivenlore99]

I’m still trying to find the “bad past” element of his past

[@miss_chelles1338]

@@lydiasimpson8244 Is it bad that I can actually imagine toxic guys in real life doing something that? That actually sounds like a pretty good idea for a movie, trying to get the girl (that's trying to get out of the relationship) to stay. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@nikolasscheeks]

fr it’s like YES YOU CAN stop subjecting other to emotional trauma and go to therapy!!! i’m begging you!!

[@trafalgar.d.waterlaw9662]

18:04 Im devastated, crying, screaming, in agony, in guttural devastation, in disbelief, hurt, injured at how he threw that ice cream. How dare he.

[@masomamakes2004]

12:50 the Kissing Booth turns into a Murder thriller lol

[@Wirecree]

"I don't trust men with anger issues." Like, same, but I don't trust ANYONE with anger issues. Point. Blank. Period. Gotta be equal with all genders.

[@oli_kate]

People who work on their anger issues and get through it are fine though. In fact I think people who have gone through counselling willingly and are still using that mindset are more likely to be healthy than people who started off healthy. Cos like is anyone really healthy? Idk I hope you get what I'm saying x But yeah anger is scary. Well not as an emotion but when people aim it at you and yell or worse it's a no from me.

[@Wirecree]

@@oli_kate I get what you mean! And I can definitely agree with that and definitely admire those who get help with their anger. Honestly, it's more of that I definitely don't trust people who I know deny having angry outbursts like that and think that they are totally fine that worries me more than anything. The ones who need help, but don't want to get it. Those are the people I personally don't trust, because anything could go downhill with a situation like that.

[@missmymama1140]

True. But i mistrust Men with anger issues more. Women with anger issues just annoy me, but they never register as real threats.

[@user-hanging-at-the-hanged-man]

I have anger issues and I’m a man but I still mistrust men with anger issues

[@just_another1human61]

Ouchhhhh. I have anger issues but I don’t hurt anyone!!! I just scream, throw stuff, and cry then flop onto my bed dramatically.

[@Abookandacup]

why is it ALWAYS the mom dying of cancer in books and movies lol can we leave moms alone???

[@KaMafo28]

The day Disney stops killing parents is the day ya writers stop cancering moms.

[@demigodcapmexica3283]

And the thing is most of this stories are self inserts,so what is the writer saying? You need your mom to d word ???

[@shizzafatima6235]

It just shows how the social construct wants us to think that the emotional part of the parenting is the mother's responsibility

[@billuraral1870]

The Disney Mom Syndrome. It is fatal...

[@mythandmayhem1134]

A Book And A Cup What, and give our female leads an older female role model who can recognize toxic relationships and talk to the lead as a rational adult about why these relationships are unhealthy? What’s next, emotionally stable male leads?

[@SourCreamed]

The kissing booth was just a movie glorifying toxic relationships, abusive households and toxic friendships and it didnt change in the second one

[@sprk3486]

10:55 OMG SHE RUNS LIKE A SIM I WAS WONDERING WHY I THOUGHT THAT LOOKED FAMILIAR

[@2paperboy5]

It's the death in cindy's eyes as she watches the paint scene for me

[@bikewheeleater]

LOL how can one laugh when they're wasting that much paint ... money down the drain smh

[@missserenity1090]

Alisea MS It’s Cindy’s reaction to any of the sex/makeout scenes for me.

[@LB0206]

8:07

[@danmeifan]

Okay, ignoring the fact they're using like, acrylic paint (which is not good for your skin) I uh,,, did this with my girlfriend lmaooo we smeared face paint on each other and it was really fun ☺️ but uh, don't do that with acrylic/oil or any paint that isn't designed for skin 😂

[@yourmumlolol]

Watching Cindy just lose all faith in humanity during that scene made me burst out laughing for a good couple of minutes😂😂

[@adiac4471]

Everyday Cindy strays farther from heterosexuality...

[@withcindy]

Good

[@blushykaneki8491]

As she should

[@snehapradhan5591]

i just LOVE how traumatized Cindy looks when he throws away the icecream. i genuinely love icecream so much so i completely understand your reaction 😌

[@Esmeyippie]

16:59 Me watching Kdrama pretending to be surprised when they start fighting

[@Musubi95]

I could literally imagine Netflix peeps being all: So majority of our audiences are teens, what would be the best kind of romance movie they'd be into? Lovey dovey, with non toxic roman- DRAMA, TOXICITY, LOVE SQUARES LOVE TRIANGLES

[@withcindy]

Ahh yes perfect

[@ferventfei]

"little sister? cassandra clare who?" im just balling my eyes out from laughter the whole time

[@withcindy]

😳😳😳

[@maxisatypeofmoss7151]

I’m getting flashbacks

[@toaster_turtle8292]

genuinely spit out my tea at that part

[@Strannik01]

I expected a shoujo manga joke, but Mortal Instruments (both versions) works too

[@maxisatypeofmoss7151]

@marilyn crow Lol she wrote a really popular series called The Mortal Instruments... I don’t wanna spoil, so imma give a warning here. Basically there’s a plot point where the main characters that are falling in love are bro and sis 💀 and she lets u think that for like a book and a half... they’re not at the end, but um. Nine year old me was v uncomfy. I am still uncomfy. I can’t read that series anymore I- no. THERE ARE SO MANY BETTER PLOT TWISTS WHY- sorry I think I have PTSD from that ignore me.

[@thiswillnotdo6027]

the toxicity and abusiveness being portrayed as romantic is just a huge yikes for me. and whats worse is I see so many young girls who love and defend this movie like anything.

[@marlenesaraiva6655]

16:48 is me during that whole scene

[@chinaraguliyeva8724]

This video is Cindy’s official gay awakening

[@withcindy]

I am abandoning straight culture

[@francescakyanda9182]

THANK GOD...we welcome you

[@chinaraguliyeva8724]

@@withcindy as you should sis😌✌️

[@EmissaryofWind]

@@withcindy its ok bby we'll welcome you, you already have the haircut

[@chandlerispoggers2420]

ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US ONE OF US

[@EricaDLucas]

in kennie j.d.'s review she mentions how the movie relies on lee's insecurities to justify why he doesn't want elle to date his brother, but (to her) it made more sense that he didn't want them to date because he knows his brother is abusive and is worried for his best friend. after all, his first reaction when he saw her hurt was not asking her what happened, but assuming it was his brother who did it, that says something.

[@RogueLola]

I was thinking the same thing when I watched it. Like they realized what that sounded like and decided to push him to a gross insecure place so they could keep pushing the overly aggressive boy as a love interest.

[@pixiestxNyomouf]

Wassup home skillet biscuit!

[@merry_christmas]

Kennie JD is my queen when it comes to addressing Netflix's continuous toxic shit that does NOT belong in the 21st century

[@annylovleys]

When he yelled 'Get in the car' I legitimately flinched...

[@danyfirerloveluck5548]

Ngl when i first saw a trailer of this movie, i though it was gonna be about a girl and a guy being best friends but being forced by the society to be together. And that it was going to explore and criticize how heternormative people and how a platonic relationship could be affected because of this standars. So anyways now i have a plot story for two of my characters.