Let It Snow: Netflix Original Review

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I’ve seen just about every rom-com in existence — I’ve watched Andie and Ben accidentally fall for each other in “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” more times than is  humanly healthy and experienced Reese Witherspoon ditching McDreamy for Josh Lucas in “Sweet Home Alabama” enough times to start to want to move out to the country and fall in love. 

Okay, not every single one but definitely all the ones lucky enough to make it into my recommended page on Netflix. So trust me, I notice when there is a new movie release, especially something right up my alley like “Let it Snow.” 

Released on Nov. 8, “Let it Snow” stars a few of my favorite actors like Kiernan Shipka, Isabela Moner (the girl who played live-action Dora — my favorite movie ever) and Mitchell Hope. The movie provides three different love stories in one hour and 33 minutes — a very well spent chunk of my Sunday evening.

After a snowstorm hits a small midwestern town the night before Christmas, a group of high school students come together to realize what all they’ve been missing in the past. While the story is based on a book by John Green comprised of three short stories that come together in the end, the movie version portrays the stories intertwining throughout the plot. 

It began with the tale as old as time. No, not the “Beauty and the Beast,” but the classic story of two best friends falling in love but waiting for the right time to admit their feelings. Of course, the lovable boy, Tobin, spent the entire movie pining over Angie, the best friend, claiming that every day was the day he would admit his feelings, even though it took him the whole movie. And then they live happily ever after. Sure, there’s the time they get stuck in a snow hill and Tobin gets chased by two previously incarcerated twins, but we could all see him finally admitting his love coming even if it wasn’t the focus of the movie.

But honestly, I’m a sucker for the happy and predictable endings. It provided me with the perfect movie to watch while I finished the last 100 words of my Extended Essay. I don’t know why anyone would ever not want the couple to end up together anyways.

The next plot of love is between two best friends — except not the romantic type. I mean I love it when two best friends discover that they don’t need anyone else but each other. But, come on, how many times do I have to watch two girls fight over how one of them demands all the attention three different times in one movie. The message was a special one though, that you can find the person who will always be there for you, even if it is not a boyfriend or girlfriend. 

But don’t worry the clichés don’t stop there. Next, there’s a young girl who is just trying to get out of her hometown and the lonely famous singer who is just waiting to find love. Obviously Jubilee, a young girl alone on the train, started out reluctant to inviting Stuart, the famous singer, into her holiday plans. But as he follows her throughout the last-minute holiday plans they instantly fall in love — once again, a predictable ending.  

But while I rolled my eyes at all the ridiculous cliches and predictability in the movie, I couldn’t help but smile at the all-cast dance party when everyone lived happily ever after, when Tobin and Angie finally have their first kiss after 17 years of friendship and when Stuart and Jubilee find their way back to each other when they realized they don’t need an S.O. in order to find happiness.

Even with a predictable ending, I liked the movie. There is something soothing about watching a movie in which you completely guess the ending — I mean who doesn’t root for the couples to get together in the end.