'The Half of It flips the tropes that typically run rampant in this genre of movies, queering these clichés and imbuing friendship with a level of intimacy that is usually reserved for the protagonist and their endgame.' –gabebergado
tells viewers from the get-go that we’re in for a ride much different than the other teen romance movies we’re used to watching. “This is not a love story,” she narrates in one of the movie’s first scenes, when she’s gazing longingly at Aster Flores during music class whileA warning like Ellie’s might not bode well, but there’s plenty of love and romance in the movie written and directed by filmmaker Alice Wu — it just doesn’t come from where you’d most expect it.
Ellie and Paul first meet because he wants her to ghost-write love letters to Aster so that she’ll fall for him. Unknown to him is that Elliehas a crush on Aster. At first, she declines, only to say yes later because her family needs the money that Paul’s offering.Cyrano de Bergerac , in which someone employs the help of a friend to give them what to say in order to woo their romantic target.queers the Cyrano trope beyond simply Ellie having feelings: Aster opens herself to some level of queerness as well. In her final scene with Ellie, she admits that deep down she probably knew the truth about Paul’s messages to her and that it’s not like the thought of falling for Ellie didn’t cross her mind. “If things were different, or if I was different,” Aster says to Ellie.
It’s a heartbreaking scene, to see the trust and connection built between Ellie and Paul suddenly come crashing down due to Paul’s close-mindedness. If anything, it shows the pitfalls of when intimacy blurs with misguided expectations. There’s an air of Paul going in for the kiss because that’s what you’re expected to do as a young man when you become so close to a girl, when she’s your biggest fan and confidant.
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