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Best Netflix movies: The Half of It

Release Year: 2020 

Directed by Alice Wu

Starring Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, Alexxis Lemire

The Half of It is a new Netflix original movie. It premiered on the streaming service on May 1, 2020. It’s easily one of the best new Netflix movies of the year so far.

The film was written and directed by Alice Wu, and it tells the story of a friendship between Ellie (Lewis) and Paul (Diemer). Paul has a crush on Aster (Lemire), and Paul pays Ellie to help him start a relationship with her. As it turns out, Ellie also has feelings for Aster, as well.

Overall, the movie was quite popular when it was released on Netflix, but it hasn’t had the staying power that we’ve seen some of the other popular Netflix movies have in recent years. Hopefully, this movie will have a little resurgence this summer as more viewers tune in.

The Half of It is a must-watch on Netflix if you’re a fan of teen movies. Netflix has another teen movie hit on their hands with The Half of It, as well.

If you like The Kissing Booth, To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before and others, you have to check out this movie.