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  • Empire Australasia

    THE HALF OF IT

    Jul 05, 2020 2 minutes
    CHRISTINA NEWLAND

    OUT NOW (NETFLIX) CERT PG / 105 MINS

    DIRECTOR Alice Wu

    CAST Leah Lewis, Alexxis Lemire, Daniel Diemer

    In the small Midwestern town of Squahamish, bookish Chinese-American teenager Ellie (Lewis) runs a side hustle writing essays for her classmates. Trouble begins for her when she’s asked to write a love letter to a beautiful girl

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