The Half of It

May. 01,2020      PG-13
Rating:
6.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Leah Lewis as  Ellie Chu
Daniel Diemer as  Paul Munsky
Alexxis Lemire as  Aster Flores
Enrique Murciano as  Deacon Flores
Wolfgang Novogratz as  Trig Carson
Catherine Curtin as  Colleen Munsky
Becky Ann Baker as  Mrs. Geselschap
Collin Chou as  Edwin Chu
MacIntyre Dixon as  Father Shanley
Alec Tincher as  Senior Guy (In Hallway)

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Reviews

InformationRap
2020/05/01

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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Aneesa Wardle
2020/05/02

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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Portia Hilton
2020/05/03

Blistering performances.

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Deanna
2020/05/04

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

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