Kong served as the Theater | Film | Television editor for the Daily Bruin from 2020-2021. She was previously an A&amp;E reporter from 2019-2020.

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Movie review: &#039;The Half of It&#039; offers fresh perspective on what a teenage rom-com can be - Daily Bruin

Movie review: &#8216;The Half of It&#8217; offers fresh perspective on what a teenage rom-com can be

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“The Half of It” distills the messy and reckless bits of teenage love into a heartfelt coming-of-age story, complemented by modern sensibilities and nuanced personas. Inspired by the French play “Cyrano de Bergerac,” Alice Wu wrote and directed the 2020 Netflix film, transposing the classic tale into the small fictional town of Squahamish.

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Movie review: ‘The Half of It’ offers fresh perspective on what a teenage rom-com can be

By Alyson Kong

May 1, 2020 4:54 p.m.