The Half of It: A fresh teen rom-com movie
Are you tired of cliche romantic movies? or do you need something different to watch? Is something not too deep still heartwarming? Want any new teen stories? Then it would be best if you watched the movie “The Half of it.”
The Half of it is a 2020 American rom-com drama movie written and directed by Alice Wu. With stars Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, and Alexis Lemire in some order, the movie was released on Netflix on May 1, 2020. This movie has received many positive reviews and also has received the founder’s award for best narrative feature at Tribeca Film Festival 2020.
The movie is unique and inspired as a whole, and this movie is featured with several kids’ characters who are often seen as young adults. The film is a retelling of “Cyrano de Bergerac.” This movie is mainly dedicated to friendship identity and queer love. The movie is on a commonly brilliant standard and funny coming of age story.
The story of the movie is set in a rural Washington town called Squamish. The main character is an intelligent and pragmatic High School Senior who makes money by writing essays for another student. It is stimulating to watch her story unfold and the confidence built. Her name is Ellie Chu. Ellie is tasked with writing the perfect love letter for a football player to impress his crush. Later on, Ellie realizes that she also has feelings for the football player’s crush when the story goes on a different roller-coaster ride. The cast is solid, and the chemistry between them is undeniably beautiful. The football player’s name is Paul, who doesn’t find himself good with words, but he is very dedicated to self-improvement and trying to learn as many things as he can about his crush, Aster.
Ellie Chu is a brilliant young lady who finds herself very confident and desperately trying to figure out her identity and beliefs. She used to be very shy and alone and had trouble showing her true self to others. The character Aster is another intelligent woman of her own, and she is also challenged to accept that there might be a part of herself that may be attracted to the same sex.
Paul and Ellie are great to each other and have built a wonderful friendship. As a friend, anyone should stand up for each other, so Paul stands against the bullies that Ellie has to face. Ellie is extraordinarily kind and sees Paul’s dream of getting attention for new sausage recipes and writing to food critics at every newspaper in the region to get him noticed.
Okay, I don’t want to go much deeper into the story. I think you should find out the whole story by watching this movie. This movie is a Netflix original, so go and stream it online on Netflix and you’ll find it an incredible and refreshing film, and the story is fresh and unique. I hope this little rom-com movie made your weekend a little more heartwarming.