The Half of It (2020)

Directed by

Alice Wu

Genre

romantic comedy, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 1,603 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Chinese-American student secretly writes love letters for a jock to a girl they both like. The student and the jock form an unlikely friendship as they try to win her heart.

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What happens

The Half of It is a 2020 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Alice Wu. It stars Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, and Alexxis Lemire, with Enrique Murciano, Wolfgang Novogratz, Catherine Curtin, Becky Ann Baker, and Collin Chou in supporting roles. It is loosely inspired by Edmond Rostand's 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac, and follows a Chinese-American student helping a jock classmate woo a girl whom, secretly, they both desire. The film was released worldwide on Netflix on May 1, 2020. It received positive reviews from critics, who mostly praised Wu's direction and screenplay, as well as the performances of Lewis and Diemer. It was honored with the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature at the 19th Tribeca Film Festival, while Wu was nominated for Best Screenplay at the 36th Independent Spirit Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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