The Half of It

About The Half of It

Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl.

Alice Wu's The Half of It is a 2020 comedy romance film. The film is filed under lesbian, LGBT teen, teenage protagonist, and east asian lead.

Leah Lewis stars as Ellie Chu, Daniel Diemer as Paul Munsky, Alexxis Lemire as Aster Flores, and Enrique Murciano as Deacon Flores. Released in May 2020, it runs 104 minutes.

The screenplay is by Alice Wu. Produced by Likely Story. In the United States it streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads.

Show Me Love, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and Booksmart make useful companions to The Half of It, all filed under coming of age and LGBT. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 1,635 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.