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- Netflix’s new coming of age film The Half of It is not a traditional love story, even if it seems like one on the surface.
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Paul comes to terms with Ellie's sexuality and chooses to love her as she is. Witnessed by congregants from across the entire town, Trig proposes to Aster at church, only to be interjected by Ellie and then Paul, who lectures the congregants on love and authenticity.
May 1, 2020 · Netflix’s new coming of age film The Half of It is not a traditional love story, even if it seems like one on the surface. Written and directed by Alice Wu, the film takes place in the...
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Ellie Chu is a loner who spends most of her time with music and books. After her mother’s death, her father has receded into himself, leaving Ellie to take care of things around the house. To make some extra money, she writes assignments for others, which attracts Paul’s attention. He offers her some money to write a letter to a girl he likes. At f...
After Paul tries to kiss Ellie and Aster sees them, everything stops. Aster feels betrayed by both of them, and Paul realizes that Ellie likes Aster. He finds it difficult to accept her homosexuality and maintains a distance from her for a while. But, in time, he learns that love doesn’t work that way. They reunite at the church, where Trig propose...
‘The Half Of It’ started as just another story where a boy tries to woo a girl with the help of an unpopular geek. As the conversations increase between the trio, all of them feel a shift in their feelings about each other, but most importantly, about themselves. Despite the differences in their backgrounds or their status in school, all of them sh...
- Love Is Messy (& Horrible & Selfish) Ellie's speech in the church and her statement about love being messy calls to mind love stories in general and how none of them are without their complications.
- Love Is The Effort You Put Into It. The film gets love down to a science. The characters spend a lot of time examining the concept and trying to pinpoint a feeling or a moment or an action that makes up love.
- Love Is The Bold Strokes. Throughout the movie, Aster struggles with the safety of her life, specifically with her boyfriend, who seems to have everything planned out for them.
- Love Makes You Screwy. Paul learns this one early on, as he reveals a draft of his first letter to Aster. He admits that he thinks about her all the time, and he cites his state of being "screwy" to prove that he is, in fact, in love with her and not just stubborn, as Ellie accuses him of being.
May 1, 2020 · Writer-director Alice Wu breaks down the ending of her Netflix movie, The Half Of It, and reveals why this is an especially hopeful ending for Ellie.
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May 21, 2020 · We get the sense that Ellie doesn’t really know much about love, especially when she hesitates in a conversation with Paul (Daniel Diemer) about it. And as their friendship grows, we’re quick to see that they experience and feel love quite differently.
The Half of It: Directed by Alice Wu. With Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, Alexxis Lemire, Wolfgang Novogratz. When smart but cash-strapped teen Ellie Chu agrees to write a love letter for a jock, she doesn't expect to become his friend - or fall for his crush.
