Charming Trailer For Netflix's THE HALF OF IT a Cyrano de Bergerac-Inspired Teen Rom-Com with a Twist
“Not every love story is a romance.”
Netflix has shared the first trailer for a new teen romantic-comedy that is inspired by Cyrano de Bergerac but there’s a little twist in this new modern-day tale.
The film is titled The Half of It, and it centers on a smart, introverted, young teen girl named Ellie, who ends up helping a sweet teen boy named Paul write a letter for the beautiful, popular girl that he has a crush on. The twist is Ellie ends up falling for the girl that Paul is crushing on.
The movie was written and directed by Alice Wu, and it looks like it tells a delightful story filled with wonderful characters. Here is the synopsis for The Half of It:
Bookish introvert Ellie Chu (Leah Lewis) is perfectly content with her life: watching old movies with her widowed father and ghostwriting papers for her high school classmates to help pay the bills. But her side gig turns personal when lovelorn jock Paul Munsky (Daniel Diemer) hires her to craft love notes to Aster Flores (Alexxis Lemire) — a smart, popular girl out of both their leagues… and Ellie’s own secret crush. Just as the duo’s plan begins to work, a new wrinkle emerges: Ellie and Paul have fallen into a deep friendship neither could have anticipated, giving rise to a surprising love triangle.
The movie is described as a heartfelt comedy-of-errors about searching for perfect love—and finding yourself in the process. The Half of It premieres on Netflix on May 1, 2020.