What truly zings about Banana Split, though, is that it's a Gen Z romcom actually written by a teenager, with all those accompanying imperfections. That and its ending totally hits the sweet spot.

Banana Split is like a really poor episode of Riverdale, but less compelling.

The fundamental premise of this never really looks anything other than muddled and implausible, and certainly doesn't free up the relationship between Marks and Liberato in any satisfyingly comic direction.

Some raucous misbehaviour aside, it's an essentially sweet tale of teenagers being teenagers, and a rare one that champions friendship over romance.