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- 2020
- PG-13
- Netflix
- 1 h 44 m
- 2020
- PG-13
- Netflix
- 1 h 44 m
Summary A shy, introverted, Chinese-American, straight-A student finds herself helping the school jock woo the girl they both secretly love. In the process, each teaches the other about the nature of love as they find connection in the most unlikely of places.
- 2020
- PG-13
- Netflix
- 1 h 44 m
- 2020
- PG-13
- Netflix
- 1 h 44 m
The Half of It
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7.9
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Summary A shy, introverted, Chinese-American, straight-A student finds herself helping the school jock woo the girl they both secretly love. In the process, each teaches the other about the nature of love as they find connection in the most unlikely of places.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
74
91% Positive
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9% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
74
91% Positive
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
9% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
In most good rom-coms you fall in love with the characters; in The Half of It you fall in love with their sheer longing.
The film toys with a lot of weighty ideas about faith and soulmates, which it never is quite able to form a coherent message about, but its unexpected ode to platonic soulmates and its thoughtful depiction of immigrant life in smalltown America is a sweet, refreshing addition to the coming-of-age genre.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 91 User Ratings
7.9
79% Positive
72 Ratings
72 Ratings
18% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
3% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 91 User Ratings
7.9
79% Positive
72 Ratings
72 Ratings
18% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
3% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Эмоциональный, сентиментальный, романтичный, по своему добрый и теплый фильм! Меня "тронула" эта история о непонимании, нахождении настоящих друзей и единомышленников, стойкости "против системы", умении справляться с трудностями и добиваться желаемого всеми силами - прыгать в пропасть, без страхов и сожалений. Отличное музыкальное сопровождение и порадовала игра актеров)
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Despite its fluid sexuality, The Half of It turns out to be less of a love story than a funny, touching and vital look into the nature of friendship.
Touching and funny, awkward and wistful, it’s also evidence of a Hollywood crime.
It’s refreshing to see a film that not only spotlights a queer Asian American woman but also treats her with such respect and tenderness.
Although The Half Of It mostly sticks to what’s swiftly becoming the Netflix teen rom-com house style (moody amber lighting, Wes Anderson-inspired framing, and nostalgia for John Hughes’ oeuvre), Wu creates several compellingly original images as well.
There are some really terrific moments there — particularly where the movie leaves its central relationships — but they all hinge on a series of actions that the characters seem to undertake simply because the movie is almost over. It’s too bad. There’s a great movie inside of The Half of It, and Wu is a tremendous talent who shouldn’t have to wait 15 years to make another feature film.
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I really don't get the fuss surrounding this film. I mean it's better than the Netflix normative but that isn't a big deal, I mean for every one good film they do, they throw nine that ****.
Something that helps this film a lot is that it feels honest because the script is actually a mess.
Leah Lewis performance was nice and Alice Wu's direction was sober but still the film stays halfway of what I think could've achieve.
It's an ok coming of age story. Decent enough for the weekend.
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Really wanna watch this movie and just sit down and enjoy it as I read good reviews about it but I am just so not thrilled with the main guy’s appearance. Call me an ass but he ugly
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Production Company
Likely Story
Release Date May 1, 2020
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline a different kind of love story
Awards
Gold List
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
Indiana Film Journalists Association, US
• 4 Nominations
Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
