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Kissing Is the Easy Part

Kissing Is the Easy Part

Romance · Comedy · 2026

Sean's gunning for MIT. Flora's ditching the SAT. A secret deal with her tenured parents sparks a romance that challenges everything they believe in.

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Kissing Is the Easy Part

2026 Romance · Comedy 1h 41m

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7.3 / 10

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Sean's gunning for MIT. Flora's ditching the SAT. A secret deal with her tenured parents sparks a romance that challenges everything they believe in.

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Directed by

Fawzia Mirza

Written by

Christine Duann · Rebecca Webb

Asher Angel

Asher Angel

Sean Foster

Paris Berelc

Paris Berelc

Flora Morgan

Jennifer Robertson

Jennifer Robertson

Erin Foster

Tom Keat

Tom Keat

Denny

Rosalie Turmel

Rosalie Turmel

Lindsey Foster

Daniel Falk

Daniel Falk

Mark

Sorika Horng

Sorika Horng

Alice

Court is in session

Put Kissing Is the Easy Part on trial.

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The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.