The Half of It
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The Half of It is a 2020 coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Alice Wu that follows a shy, introverted Chinese-American teenager who helps a jock woo a girl they both secretly love.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Half of It canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7506485 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Half of It Context triple: [Becky Ann Baker, notableWork, The Half of It]
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A.
The Big Sick
The Big Sick is a 2017 romantic comedy-drama film based on the real-life courtship of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, blending culture-clash humor with heartfelt drama.
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B.
Booksmart
Booksmart is a 2019 coming-of-age comedy film that follows two overachieving high school friends who decide to cram four years of missed fun into one wild night before graduation.
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C.
Love, Simon
Love, Simon is a 2018 coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama film about a closeted gay teenager navigating first love and self-acceptance.
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D.
Happiest Season
Happiest Season is a 2020 romantic comedy-drama film about a woman planning to propose to her girlfriend during a family Christmas visit, only to discover her partner has not yet come out to her conservative parents.
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E.
The Edge of Seventeen
The Edge of Seventeen is a 2016 coming-of-age comedy-drama film that follows an awkward high school junior navigating grief, friendship, and identity, widely praised for its sharp writing and Hailee Steinfeld’s lead performance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Half of It Target entity description: The Half of It is a 2020 coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Alice Wu that follows a shy, introverted Chinese-American teenager who helps a jock woo a girl they both secretly love.
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A.
The Big Sick
The Big Sick is a 2017 romantic comedy-drama film based on the real-life courtship of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, blending culture-clash humor with heartfelt drama.
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B.
Booksmart
Booksmart is a 2019 coming-of-age comedy film that follows two overachieving high school friends who decide to cram four years of missed fun into one wild night before graduation.
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C.
Love, Simon
Love, Simon is a 2018 coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama film about a closeted gay teenager navigating first love and self-acceptance.
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D.
Happiest Season
Happiest Season is a 2020 romantic comedy-drama film about a woman planning to propose to her girlfriend during a family Christmas visit, only to discover her partner has not yet come out to her conservative parents.
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E.
The Edge of Seventeen
The Edge of Seventeen is a 2016 coming-of-age comedy-drama film that follows an awkward high school junior navigating grief, friendship, and identity, widely praised for its sharp writing and Hailee Steinfeld’s lead performance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Aster Flores
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edwin Chu NERFINISHED ⓘ Ellie Chu NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Munsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Greta Zozula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Alice Wu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Netflix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Lee Percy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT-related film
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coming-of-age ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ |
| leadActor | Leah Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadRoleName | Ellie Chu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Aster Flores
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ellie Chu NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Munsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Anton Sanko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Mandarin ⓘ |
| platform | Netflix ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A shy, introverted Chinese-American teenager helps a jock woo a girl they both secretly love. ⓘ |
| portrays |
Alexxis Lemire as Aster Flores
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Daniel Diemer as Paul Munsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Leah Lewis as Ellie Chu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Alice Wu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Anthony Bregman NERFINISHED ⓘ M. Blair Breard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Likely Story NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | shy introverted Chinese-American teenager ⓘ |
| releaseDate | May 1, 2020 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat | streaming ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 104 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Alice Wu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | fictional town of Squahamish, Washington ⓘ |
| stars |
Alexxis Lemire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Collin Chou NERFINISHED ⓘ Daniel Diemer NERFINISHED ⓘ Leah Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
LGBTQ+ self-discovery
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friendship ⓘ identity ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| worldPremiereAt | Tribeca Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Alice Wu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Half of It Description of subject: The Half of It is a 2020 coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Alice Wu that follows a shy, introverted Chinese-American teenager who helps a jock woo a girl they both secretly love.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.