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  1. May 1, 2020 · The Half of It. Comedy. 104 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 2020. Christy Lemire. May 1, 2020. 4 min read. The pieces may seem familiar in “The Half of It,” but the way Alice Wu assembles them results in a fresh and inspired whole. The writer/director’s queer take on “ Cyrano de Bergerac ” features several of the kinds of characters we so often ...

  2. Feb 20, 2021. The Half of It brilliantly capitalizes on the everlasting appeal of an easy-to-swallow romcom by disrupting the very same tropes it inevitably clings to, resulting in a film that ...

    • (104)
    • Alice Wu
    • PG-13
    • Leah Lewis
  3. 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.

    • (44K)
    • Comedy, Drama
    • Alice Wu
    • 2020-05-01
  4. English. 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.

  5. May 4, 2020 · For long, I have wondered why high school stories rarely explore the depth of emotional growth we face during those years. And I have finally found my answer in Netflix’s The Half Of It. Director: Alice Wu. Cast: Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, Alexxis Lemire. Streaming on: Netflix. The best part of Alice Wu’s teen drama is that she refuses to ...

  6. May 1, 2020 · Leah Lewis and Daniel Diemer in The Half of It. Photo: KC Bailey/Netflix. The romantic comedy was never really supposed to be original. The genre has a few simple narrative templates, many of them ...

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  8. May 30, 2020 · Tweet. The evergreen story of Cyrano De Bergerac, which has had both traditional retelling's like Jean-Paul Rappenau's Gerard Depardieu starrer and reworkings like Fred Schepisi's Roxanne down the years, gets another trot around the blocks for the modern generation. This time around, writer/director Alice Chu switches the sex of the protagonist ...

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