Followers of the brand new Netflix romantic comedy “The Half of It” are hoping the movie really is simply half of the story.
The film premiered Friday and has not solely wowed critics — it at the moment has a 95% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes — but in addition discovered a fan following that's already screaming for a sequel.
And it raked up a significant award: On Wednesday, the Tribeca Movie Pageant — which is bestowing honors nearly this 12 months because of the coronavirus pandemic — gave it the Founders Award for Finest U.S. Narrative Characteristic.
Within the film, directed by Alice Wu (“Saving Face”), Leah Lewis performs Ellie Chu, a wise — and closeted — Chinese language-American teen within the Pacific Northwest. She agrees to write down love letters for a dim jock named Paul (Daniel Diemer), who needs to win the guts of Aster (Alexxis Lemire) however doesn’t fairly have the phrase abilities for it.
Naturally, there's a twist: Ellie finds herself falling for Aster, too.
Viewers are applauding the queer coming-of-age story on Twitter with extreme reward, to not point out all-caps declarations and loads of exclamation factors.
“I KNOW ITS BEEN OUT FOR ONLY AN HOUR BUT GIVE THE HALF OF IT A SEQUEL,” mentioned one viewer who apparently acquired up earlier than daybreak to take a look at the teenager flick.
“Simply noticed #TheHalfOfIt and I simply wanna say I NEED A SEQUEL ASAP!!! Ellie and Aster are every part!!!!” wrote one fan. One other emotional Twitter poster mentioned the movie “left my coronary heart feeling extremely full however empty on the identical time and that’s how you realize 1) that it’s unbelievable and actually touches you on a profound human stage and a couple of) THAT WE NEED A SEQUEL.”
One Twitter devotee thought the filmmaker was being fairly apparent about her intentions from the beginning, saying, “Don’t you suppose Alice Wu is hinting a sequel for #TheHalfOfIt ? I imply, it’s within the title.”
They may have a degree. With out spoiling an excessive amount of, the tip of the film does appear to tease a possible new storyline that will happen, within the phrases of 1 character, “in a pair years.” One fan advised that's the film’s means of “lowkey dropping indicators” {that a} sequel is a performed deal.
Whereas director Wu has been mum on whether or not a sequel really is within the works, followers may have an opportunity to ask her about it themselves at eight p.m. ET Friday evening when she and the solid “shall be watching alongside and fascinating” throughout a viewing get together.
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