I’m a writer, who at ages fourteen to sixteen wrote two books that will never see the light of day about two different teenage girls. My point is, no matter how intelligent a teenager might be, they do not have the life experience yet to write realistic characters. However, there is no mention of Lee ever getting his first kiss, and Elle seems to be more liked than him, so… what’s missing here? Lee then teases Elle about how it’s ironic that she, who has never been kissed, is going to run the kissing booth. It’s because of this the pair decide a kissing booth would be a great addition for the upcoming school carnival. Elle makes a joke about how the only way Mia would kiss Lee would be if he paid her (wow, what a supportive friend Elle isn't: at least gently break the news of his delusion to him). We barely see them together, but also Lee reminds me of characters like Jesse in She’s All That and Carter in A Cinderella Story: he’s so caught up in being the flamboyant side character, and otherwise invested in the female lead's life, that it’s hard to believe he would be actively interested in another female character. I had a hard time believing that Lee would lust after Mia. This continues into the next scene where he is trying on an array of hideous shirts for comic relief.
Once they’ve left, Lee arrives to gush about Mia, the “M” in the O.M.G. How will they tell Lee? Will Lee and Elle’s friendship survive this? After Noah kisses Elle at the school kissing booth, the pair realise that their feelings for each other may be so strong that the rule has to be broken. That may sound fine and fair, except this rule is clearly aimed at Elle and excludes Lee because 1: Elle’s only family members are her dad and brother, who appears to be approximately eight years old when Elle and Lee are sixteen, and 2: Lee has an older brother whom Elle finds attractive, named Noah (played by Jacob Elordi). One of the main rules is “Rule 9: Relatives Of Your Best Friend Are Totally Off-Limits”.
When they were six years old, they created a list of rules in their friendship, which ten years later, they still quote to each other when they feel the need to. Elle has been best friends with Lee Flynn (Joel Courtney) ever since they were born at the same time, on the same day, in the same hospital. The Kissing Booth (based on the book of the same name by Beth Reekles) follows Elle, played by Joey King.
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