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Every Movie Based on a Wattpad Story, Ranked
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Following his latest breakup with wide-eyed college student Tessa Young (Josephine Langford), pouty, short-tempered Hardin Scott (Hero Fiennes Tiffin) travels to Lisbon to make amends with a different woman whose life he essentially destroyed. This hugely popular Netflix franchise, based on the novels by Beth Reekles, has a tough time maintaining its sunny teen-movie tone into the third and final installment, which invents a previously unmentioned list of crucial activities for best friends Elle Evans (Joey King) and Lee Flynn (Joel Courtney) to complete during the summer before they head off to college. The contrivances required for the characters not to figure out the true identities of their mysterious correspondents are a little much, but director and co-writer Maria Torres (working from Wendy Mora’s novel) applies a light touch to both the in-person romance and the textual courtship.
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