After you finish The Half of It, watch these essential gay romantic comedies next. We won’t spoil the ending, but we can promise you that the film is a fresh take on an old genre: the teen rom com. If you can’t tell by now, The Half of It is a love story between two teenage girls. So begins a Cyrano de Bergerac-like tale where Ellie helps Paul woo the same girl she also has a crush on. But when Ellie reads the name on the note, she realizes that the girl Paul is secretly in love with is the same girl she’s secretly in love with as well. In contrast to those broader films, Wu’s film is quiet, and ruminative, and doesn’t have all the answers. One day, a student named Paul asks Ellie to finish the love letter he wrote to his crush. The Half of It initially got lost amid all the shrapnel of the teen rom-com melee between Kissing Booth, Sierra Burgess is a Loser, and the To All the Boys series. The Half of It, which premiered on May 1, follows a Chinese-American teenager named Ellie Chu who makes money by writing essays for her classmates.
The movie begins when the PTA of a high school cancels prom after Emma Nolan (Jo Ellen Pellman) requests permission to attend the dance with her girlfriend. Still, if you’re obsessed with the film as much as us, there are some movies like Netflix’s The Half of It to keep us occupied as we await for a possible sequel. 14 The Prom (2020) Though The Prom might not be one of Netflixs most loved original movies, it does offer a fun and fresh LGBTQ+ teen story to follow. Those who have seen The Half of It know it’s unlike any other teen rom com out there. Warning: Spoilers ahead for Netflix’s The Half of It.
