reactions to The Half Of It

This was an overall enjoyable film. Important preface: I am not a lesbian, so I won’t understand the importance and significance of normalizing a lesbian love story on screen.

Here are a few reactions I had to the film (spoilers).

1. The tension between Aster and Ellie when Aster seemed to realize that Ellie has been writing the letters and texts the whole time (reacting to brush strokes on Aster’s painting) was beautifully portrayed. I loved the scene of going to Aster’s “secret spot” and that “will something happen” tension. The driving scene was…