TO ALL THE BOYS: P.S. I STILL LOVE YOU
Honesty overcomes division in a satisfying but emotionally complicated sequel.
Should You Watch It?
This is a satisfying sequel with real emotional insight. It captures the uncertainty of a teenage girl who does not know exactly what she is doing in a new relationship. Family, heritage, tradition, service to others, truth, honesty, and love all receive meaningful emphasis.
The cost is the love triangle. It takes attention away from Lara Jean and Peter’s chemistry, while Lara Jean and John Ambrose do not have quite enough chemistry of their own. The film also includes foul language, sexual material, and references to a same-sex couple.
If you are a discerning adult who can weigh those concerns, the film has worthwhile moral elements. For children and young teens, choose something else.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESLara Jean and Peter have turned their fake relationship into a real one, and Peter takes her on her first date. But when John Ambrose, one of the boys who received one of Lara Jean’s childhood love letters, enters her life, her new relationship becomes complicated.
As Lara Jean wrestles with insecurity and unfamiliar feelings, she also begins volunteering at a retirement home. There, friendship and service bring new relationships into her already divided heart.
Is It Any Good?
Three stars means this is a satisfying, emotionally relatable sequel with positive moral elements, though it falls short of the first romance’s strongest chemistry.
The film effectively captures the uncertainty of a girl trying to understand her feelings. The family relationships and retirement-home volunteering add warmth and purpose. However, the new love triangle takes attention away from Lara Jean and Peter, and the chemistry between Lara Jean and John Ambrose is not quite convincing enough. Viewers may find themselves wanting more of the original couple’s relationship.
The Worldview
The film presents a light mixed pagan worldview alongside strong moral content. It exalts family, heritage, tradition, serving others, truth, honesty, and love overcoming jealousy, misunderstanding, and division. Two teenagers spend their weekends volunteering at a retirement home, making service a visible good.
The movie also treats romantic uncertainty as a normal part of teenage life. Lara Jean dates one person while thinking about another, and characters make emotional decisions within a love triangle. The film includes references to a same-sex couple, a homosexual friend, and a “feminist” necklace. These elements form part of the movie’s broader perspective on relationships and identity.
The film’s strongest moral idea is that honesty can overcome division. Scripture likewise calls believers to reject falsehood and speak truthfully to one another: “Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor” (Ephesians 4:25).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
Light mixed pagan worldview with some Romantic elements mixed with strong moral content where teenagers have a love triangle and make emotional decisions, teenage girl has her first boyfriend, family is very important as are heritage and tradition, serving others is exalted when two teenagers spend their weekends volunteering at a retirement home, and truth and honesty overcome jealousy, misunderstanding and division, plus some politically correct elements include homosexual references where a same-sex gay couple is seen being serenaded on Valentine’s Day, and one of lead female character’s friends is homosexual, and feminist content where a girl wears a “feminist” necklace throughout movie
Foul Language
Six obscenities, eight light profanities (mostly OMG), woman tells someone to “suck it,” and woman jokingly refers to other people as communists
Violence
Brief comic violence includes girl brings shovel to dig something up and playfully moves it toward another person, and a snowball is thrown at someone playfully
Sex
Boy kissing girl starts to unbutton her shirt, but she quickly stops him, a conversation about knowing how to please yourself before you let someone else do it, and some other brief kssing
Nudity
No nudity
Alcohol Use
Alcohol use by adults, one instance of a teenager at a party where solo cups are, but it’s not known if the teenagers are drinking alcohol, and an older character jokingly offers teenage girl a drink
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
No smoking or drugs;
Miscellaneous Immorality
Lead character dates someone while thinking about someone else, and one character shows signs of envy and jealousy towards another character, but it’s resolved positively.
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
The film connects honesty with overcoming jealousy and division. Why can telling the truth be difficult, and how can honesty restore trust?
Ephesians 4:25 · Proverbs 12:22Family heritage and tradition matter to Lara Jean’s family. Which traditions help your family remember where you come from and what you value?
Deuteronomy 6:6–7 · Psalm 78:4Two teenagers spend weekends volunteering at a retirement home. What does serving others teach us about love?
Mark 10:45 · Philippians 2:3–4The characters make emotional decisions while navigating romantic relationships. What wisdom does Scripture offer when feelings are strong?
Proverbs 4:23 · James 1:5The Final Word
This sequel offers relatable emotions, warm family values, and a genuine appreciation for honesty and service. Its love triangle weakens the central romance, and its content is not suitable for children or young teens. For discerning adults, our answer is WORTH THE TRIP — ADULTS ONLY. For younger viewers, start with.
