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- Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help winning over a popular girl. But their new and unlikely friendship gets complicated when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl. From Writer/Director Alice Wu.
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When smart but cash-strapped teen Ellie Chu agrees to write a love letter for a jock, she doesn't expect to become his friend - or fall for his crush.
"not every love story is a romance" Wow that's kinda powerful
Mr Harris I don’t get it...😔
@@marijoseph3818 you can love someone as a friend not as a boyfriend.
Mari Joseph this will mainly be a story about platonic love, rather than romantic love.
Aditya Hingne oh alright thx
Mystic Smoothie makes sense thx
I’m sorry but she’s the definition of “got straight A’s in high school and I didn’t even leave straight” love it.
BHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAH
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA
shinto666 it means that she is not straight anymore ( she is a lesbian )
wtf
DEADDD. 😭💀
are you telling me the two main roles are not gonna fall in love with each other but they are gonna develop a beatiful friendship, i'm in.
lmao watch it go the opposite 😂
I think it's the opposite
Antsy no the girl likes the other girl KSKEK
You should watch 'Me and Earl and the dying girl'. The relationship between boy and girl in that movie is purely platonic.
Here I am thinking it’s going be a three way 😆
What's even more enlightening... The trailer gives nothing away... Miss Alice Wu did an amazing job...
interesting. i thought the lesbian thing was a twist, and so i was surprised to see it in the trailer.
I picked up on it the first 10 minutes 😩😩
@@nicbentulan No it really wasn't, it's at the beginning of the movie, like the very first scene or so.
@@nicbentulan Jesus loves you
@@ariahartley9950 Jesus loves you
People complains about trailer spoiling it
Netflix: It’s just the half of it
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Smart.. 👍🏻
No one if watching this crap anyway
@@csyd22 hm
"It would suck to have to pretend to be not you your whole life."
Moved by this line.
Pooja Krishnan hits home for many
Amazing!
@@musique1o1 not really
@@hellenicboy4757 just cuz it dont for you doesn't mean everyone else feels that way
This is what Sierra Burgess thought it was doing
Lol, yeah!
I wanna like ur comment but i dont wanna ruin the 420
no, it did what it wanted to do and it was great. no sorry it wasnt about lesbians
@@serenityq26 Sierra Burgess was really messed up...
@@serenityq26 it was not lmao like legit in everyway it was such a bad movie
A teenage romance that has no drinking, crazy parties, and sex but has friendship, acceptance, and character development???
man I wish there were more of these when I was a teenager.
@mille Liza ,If u do like those kind of movies,then do watch Indian movies ,like Mungaru male,Love mocktail,Dia,mogiina manasu and many more and yeah u can watch them with English subtitles 👍
Try watching the perks of being a wallflower
Count me in
True
this is the comment. :)
As much as I’m loving the love story between the girls, can we have a shout-out for the guy that realises Ellie likes Aster too and instead of getting upset or leaving her, he stands up for her? Like hell yes to mature characters 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤️
Reshme Subramaniam yes!
"WHO YOU CALLING CHU-CHU?!" 👏🏽❤️👏🏽❤️
Yesss, I love it!!
Also they didn't try to give her a "makeover" by taking her glasses off
Exactly!! That's the man you need!!
Im living for this Male/Female bromance, not enough of those on screen.
NiaNamora you can just say friendship lol
Stranger things!!
Same
Yes to "friendship" since "bromance" is between males. 3 cheers against male-dominant language and for gender-inclusive language. I otherwise am all for your sentiment.
Story of my life, close non romantic relationships, maybe this movie will finally get me
I love how the athletic jock isn't a dumb jerk with no personality. He's awkward, nice and adorable.
Mika Leah i mean he’s kinda dumb but we love him
@@nessa7356 he is not dumb he is just not good with words
And Trig isn't a jerk as well
Like Finn Hudson
Unlike Archie in Riverdale
Idk why Ellie’s voice is so deep, it fits her personality, tough, always hide her feeling, hard to reach, She always looks like someone out of age
genetics...?
I think it's more like a girl trying to be more masculine. I used to do that too.
when youre different, no one expects you to fit in. she never needed to create a high pitch voice, nobody expected that from her.
Not gonna lie, this looks really endearing.
It does. But I also feel like I just watched the whole movie.
Bonita Applebaum yea
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@@عليالامير-ن5ج اسمه the half of it
I searched for this director after seeing the comments. So Alice Wu got her computer science degree from Stanford, worked for Microsoft, and created her first movie during working. That is the most Asian thing I ever saw.
Wow! Great research! That's pretty Asian American. A brilliant and versatile
She also directed a movie called Saving Face, it's a really good movie!
She also directed Saving Face one of the best (also one of my favorite) lesbian film.
Really? That’s awesome. Kudos to her, mad respect
why are asians so smart, i need to swap my brain with someone asian please
"Not every love story is a romance." FINALLY SOMEONE IS FOCUSING ON NON ROMANTIC LOVE PLOTS
🤨
ABOUT DAMN TIME
Fr
Aanchal Saxena righttt, also 500 days of summer
Lady Bird?
This movie is a masterpiece. I thought it was just a high school based rom com but it is so much more realistic and amazing than that. It touches so much ground and yet so subtly. I was falling in love with each and every character throughout!
the plot basically: "Straight A student learns that maybe those A's aren't so straight after all"
honhonhon baguettes 🥵😂😂😂
Lol
Lol
Ffs 😂😂😂😂😂🤣
a new twist on Cyrano de Bergerac... nothing is new under the sun.
other films: 17 year olds who look like 25 year olds
this film: 17 year old who looks 17, but acts like a 25 year old
The actress is actually 23
Yeah, I just googled it, but for anyone curious, the person who plays Ellie was born in 97, the person who plays Aster was born in 96, I found an interview for the actor who plays the guy last year and they mentioned he was 22, so I'm guessing either 96 or 97
No actual 17 year olds
Riverdale
She's same age as me🥺
@@tatianaarias5222 bruv i never the actors are 17, i was talking about the characters
It’s not just a teen romance film about crushes and sex appeal. It is a story about learning to connect, accept and love. It’s just love.
That's a really nice thought ❤
lucien carr yeah except the script was a bit messy like why tf did paul try to kiss her that just threw everything the movie prided itself on away
Its just love and being true to yourself. Finding yourself amidst of all that crowd then accepting who you are. That's it.
@@orksca5459 Paul said in the movie that "when she gives you a look, then you kiss her. Otherwise you come out looking like a putz" or something like that.
nikoru probably beacause he realized that Ellie is the one that she loves
Finally a movie where the non-straight characters actually have a personality other than their gender.
@@myfingershavetheflu why are you spamming this so much lmfao
True
@@myfingershavetheflu to be what? Homophobic? Stfu Adam and Eve shipper
Well said
gender? don't you mean sexual identity?
I can’t believe they are giving us both a lesbian high school movie and a story about importance of friendship featuring a boy and a girl. This better be good!
Lilit Arutyunyan the fact that it also has an Asian lead that isn’t the oh so good lookin / pretty / fake type makes it even better
Amin take ur racism somewhere else
اريد اسم الفيلم ابليز
@Amin wow ain't you mature.
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i like how is not the stereotypical “i’m unpopular and i wanna get with the popular jock” type of romance this so relatable and realistic
Yeah instead it's like I'm unpopular and I wanna get with the Jock's crush but accidentally befriend the jock lol I like the twist
i mean it kind of is but i get what you mean and i do find this much better than those cliche movies
Hi army🙂😊
It's still cliche but... less cliche. I'd watch.
Alia Kuwait HHII
why does this actually look... interesting? not stupid? netflix is onto something this time
Actually Netflix does have some decent stuff on it tbh
It is so interesting that it left us confused right now to which of them might end up together in the end haha.
Netflix doesn’t miss!!!!
what i’ve started to realize is the least promoted netflix shows are normally the best ones, this one being the exception because it’s being hella promoted
@@agnes_shelieee I'm confused too!
This movie is a extremely well written and performed. Its filled with fun, emotions, complications. I love how movie shows a rainbow of internal emotions by cleverly using metaphors. Definitely one of the most deep meaning(s) kind of script presented with elegance and simplicity..
I’m all for the lesbians, but I’m so so glad that they decided to highlight the importance of platonic girl and boy relationships. It’s such an overlooked thing in movies.
The girl could be bisexual. Stop erasing bi/pan relationships
@@boogerboy2420 The trailer was pretty super clear about the boy and main girl just being friends. Literally says "not all love stories are romantic".
@@RomanDiaries keyword: "trailer"
Booger Boy I don’t think they were trying to erase bi/pan relationships. I think the trailer was clear with how she is lesbian, not bi or pan, saying love is not always romantic or whatever it said.
@@lilycarp.17 Right? It'd be super misleading if they put that in and still had her relationship with the guy get sexual. The trailer doesn't make the show seem sexualized in the first place, so I'd be shocked if it went down that path. On top of that, the writer/director/producer is a lesbian and the MC seems to be partly based on her.
Also it'd be annoying; the world needs more platonic girl/boy friendships, not every MC has to hook up with the MC of the opposite sex.
It hit so hard when he told her father, “no you don’t see her”.
Yeah teared up and had to pause it
honestly tho if someone said that to my parents they would kick them out of the house is sorta disrespectful
@@MarigoldEdits it's the truth though
It is rude... BUT sadly what he said is the truth.
Communication are nowhere to be found here.
Hmm I guess all of us have slightly different views. I personally felt that he wasn’t being rude, in fact it seems like he was disappointed in her father. Disappointed that her father didn’t understand her, or in this case “see” her.
This looks like the type of movie that will definitely make me cry
i cried at the trailer. rip for when i watch the movie
Anilyn Amadio hence why I’m not watching it coz I’m an emotional betch 😂 but I’m still watching it....
@@af2954 bro me 2
@@stevenotakilevuka9150 emotional betch lol love that
@@af2954 buy tissues now
"Love's not finding your perfect half, it's trying, reaching and failing"
Paul : "Awww I'm sooo stupid, you like Aster.. "
Ellie : that look of being caught with the truth: priceless!!!
This actress has such a beautiful voice
You simps
camelio10 ikr
ikr,i find it sexy
😍
Stfu simps
This is probably the first Netflix teen original movie who, seeing the trailer, doesn't make me wanna rip off my eyes (and actually seems like, nice, and even interesting).
Its so good. I actually like all the main characters. And the plot is good. Watch it. K?
@@ladiwaddell989 I just did, and I 100% agree with u, like, it's so great, I swear.
same! I grew out of this genre pretty quick after graduating high school, and the vast majority of recent teen movies give me so much secondhand embarrassment now tbh. this one seems so refreshing in comparison. it feels kinda more grounded and real than most. gonna watch it tonight.
@@yarahelal9412 definitely. Sierra burgess is a loser was the worst one for me. I couldn't even watch tall girl- it was just so dumb.
Yara Helal same! Last time I rooted and shipped people was back in high school while reading john green and rick riordan 😂
Honestly, this is not just an lgbtq movie. Its just about pure love where gender does not matter. And that, that is GOLD.
like there was no mention of "gay" or "lesbian" it was just falling in love and being ok with it
I agree!
That's what I loved about the movie I wanted to see that kind of friendship and it not being romanticised.
Rose Ann wut? Are you into those people who believe in those sort of things , that love mean to kiss with any gender appears? Love is not that dear. Don’t be part of those asshole ones.
My point of view about how the same gender falling in love with each other.
$10 for 3 pages?? Homegirl’s undercharging BIG TIME
Ikr I used to charge 10 per page because I was from a rich Prep School. I had a scholarship so I was broke af. I never understood how rich people could be so dumb on purpose.
you expect at east a retainer for 10 and charge per page
Honestly it makes sense in a small town without much of an economy. That would explain the low prices
I had a 10 for 3 pages but 150 for a B
I swear
The best thing about this movie? All the characters were likable, even Trig lol.
Yas haha Trig is super funny haha
"So I'm the good painting" 😂
The only people I didn’t like were the ones who called her chugga chugga chu chu
Cam N Paul was so god damn annoying
H u g o H e p w o r t h Paul was a sweetheart that only had good intentions throughout the whole movie
finally a seventeen year old who looks like a seventeen year old
Not really lol
They all look in their mid twenties
She looks younger..
they're 23
Ageed
I was so touched at the end where they did a remake scene of a Indian movie " Ek villian " the last scene where she was leaving on a train and he chasing the train just like the movie ....
I loved it ❤️
I was like ...omg! I could not believe my eyes....I actually went back and rewatched that clip of Ek villian
@@nandanapalchowdhury4588 yeah
I was surprised too .
Yeah bro i was also suprised by that like wow movie was just awesome
Exactly man! I even cried a drop of tear. Khushi k aansun🙈
@@rohankhade3972 proud
SHE ACTUALLY LOOKS 17 !!!
MISSed Bandwagon oop hahah didn’t realise 😂
well us asians tend to look younger lol i'm 21 like the actress, but people also mistake me for being around 17-19
MISSed Bandwagon at least she's not noah centineo lol
AND THE REST OF THE CAST (EVEN THOUGH THEY PROBABLY CASTED ABOVE THE 21 YR MARK) ALSO LOOK LIKE THEY COULD PASS FOR NO MORE THAN 19!! They all look like young adult genuinely here to do a damn movie. Not a bunch of 27 year old looking high-schoolers 🤩
Hillary Nguyen I KNOW netflix casting just went from 😖😬 to 👌👌👌
I like that they put “not every love story is a romance” really. It’s a good tag line. Someone needs a raise 👏
What needs raise --- MEMES
What of this does end up being a romance?
Hello, im an idiot, could you explain how?
“Love is not finding your perfect half, its the trying and the reaching, and failing.” I felt that.
Thank you was hoping someone picked up the words 😊
You're Feeling wrong things girl.
I felt that as well...
Deep
Aleesha Aamir tf does that even mean
Let's talk about Ellie's voice OMG it's so beautiful
Normally I dont like teen romance movies but this one has an interesting twist. I like that it's not about the love it's more about their firendship and to be yourself. I'll give it a watch.
friends come and go love is more important this sounds like a cuck fest.
I was just thinking the same thing. A love story not fully centered around romantic love, I'm willing to give it a shot
Don't be hypocrite..😁
did you miss the part where the lesbian lead is in love with a girl
it's an ugly "self-insert" girl for loser women to relate to.
This looks really promising, hopefully the actual film would go on to develop Ellie and Paul's friendship. I am loving the actress for Ellie, she looks different from the typical Hollywood Asian actresses, more like actual Asian girls that I have seen on streets and stuff. Her voice is super surprising and lovely, and she played her part with a nice subtlety.
Omg I agree!! I look "like" her and my voice is in her range and not high pitched and "girly" and no "aegyo"
This is one of the mani actresses in Nancy Drew :)
Hee dictated let’s hope its a series and not a movie
the actress (Leah Lewis) is super pretty tbh! they just tried to downplay her looks to suit the character, which makes sense. this movie does look promising!
i read the script its really good! definitely breaks away from cliches after the first few pages and gave me all the feels (: cant wait to see how the scenes translate to film!
*At first I was like she’s probably gonna be with him, next wait is she gonna be with that girl and then IS THIS A FRICKIN FRIENDSHIP MOVIE, YAS I NEED THAT, FINALLY*
I KNOW RIGHT?!?!?! I am all in for an Asian Gay Film BUT A REAL GOOD PLATONIC LOVE STORY IS SOMETHING THAT IS SO MISSING IN MEDIA THESE DAYS!!!!!!
White propaganda against the homophobic Chinese communist government.
I like the fact that we'll never really know until we watch it. :)
@でッ what are you talking about? So many movies/shows with Asian males and white females. Some recent examples: Insatiable (main white girl and the hot Asian stripper dude), that zombie show with Steven Yeun, the recent Christmas movie with Henry Golding and the games of thrones actress, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Jane the Virgin (her best friend married an Asian guy), and if you wanna count South Asian males and white females, there are a ton of those too. There is a show where the main guy is brown and the whole show is him dating white girls. You just see what you want to see (or in this case, DON'T want to see).
But she did say at the beginning of the movie that no one will get what they wanted at the end. 🌭🌮
Realistic , loved the movie. Better than Kissing booth or To all the boys I’ve ever loved in my opinion
Absolutely
It's different when you are a fan of the to all the boys ive loved before books
i agree
rizz rizi Totally!
Remember Fred 3
Netflix: let's reveal the entire movie in the trailer
Viewers *complain about spoiler and still watch it when it drops*
Ha ha.... Truee
😂 I feel like we only get the half of the trailer with Netflix cause all of a sudden when you watch it there are a whole lot of plot twist. Thats how I felt with the movie perfectionist or whatever it was 😂 I was like they gave away the whole movie but then watch it for myself and like oh I thought I knew what I was watching
*Most "RomComs" have a structure that's identical to the any other movie like that, so you always know what's gonna happen, like the said says "Is not the place you're going but the road you're traveling"*
@@castle7689 in this Rom com they are going to become a thruple
Well I mean, it's just another Cyrano update, what's to spoil?
Ellie's just like me. Went from straight A's to not even being straight
Dark Flower loooool
lmaoooo
Duudeee😂 same💓
😂
BROOO KSNJEKEKDMNDMDKD YES
This movie was probably the best movie netflix has made yet. It's so realistic and shows the life of everyday teens trying to find love. And the chemistry between the characters and actors feel like they known each other for years. One of the best movie I have ever seen, hands down. Thank you netflix and Alice Wu for this amazing movie.
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That's why we Indian believed in past life's ..because in this life thos people meet us that is our krma from past life ....good or bad dependent on our action....
@@rahulpundir3721 dont genaralize saying indians.
All of us are not dumb like u.
I kinda confused tho, i mean the football guy had a crush on the brunette girl, then he ask the asian girl to help and eventually he flipped for the asian girl, then the asian girl had a lot of common interest with the brunette girl so they became a best friend, but idk why she kissed her? And at the end asian girl finally fell for the football guy right? Because she is crying when they had to separated.
@@horacthy8577 I guess he thought she was into him?? I don't know, that whole scene was weird and uncomfortable to watch. Like I don't know why if she even was into him, why he would think it is perfectly ok to kiss her without her express permission? impulse maybe but he should have apologized immediately and not screamed at her that she was gonna go to hell now. sure, way to make her feel like she has something to be ashamed of. That whole scene was set up in a bizarre way.
"LOVE IS being willing to ruin your good painting for the chance at a great one.
great art is a lie that tells us the truth
I like how they didn't make her stereotypical like she's really good at Math.
StuffedBox That’s because there are no essays to write in math class. She’s still the “Asian genius,” just an English genius. Definitely an interesting character though!
@@OriginalPhil Asian female lead with a white male love interest. What's not stereotypical about that?
fluidacid she’s gay
@@aydobo Haven't you watched the whole trailer? She falls in love with the girl
@@aydobo maybe you should watch the trailer...
Not only they giving us an lgbt+ representation but showing the importance of friendship between a boy and a girl. Not every love story is romance. Beautifully said, beautifully portrayed
wendyskingdom and poc representation of course
Gayyyyyyyyyy
But they also gave us the whole movie in this trailer :(
True but there’s no chance Since she’s gay maybe if they were both straight then bam perfect movie to represent boy/girl friendships that don’t involve romance
Well they represent it as like the only way for a guy and a girl to be real friends is only if one of them is gay, which is not the case.
Paul is the guy friend all girls wished to have.
Chat Garcia my guy friend just ask me what’s the homework and then disappears without even buying me food.
@@standay6yall897 you both have same last names tho lmao. Ehehem.
Atarah Garcia boys are not supposed to buy food for u ppl
@@a4kalex857 true tho. As a girl myself, me and my friends take turns lmao
@@anushkapandey8588 or its better to go dutch
Why she didn’t get any nominations when Emily in Paris won a Golden Globe is ridiculous
Please where can I download this movie
@@ritauju5955 Netflix or maybe Cuevana
''00s: sassy gay friend
20s: sweet himbo sidekick''
As it should be
As the Lord intended 🙏
its what we deserve
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Denaja Hardemon bot?
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That had me chuckling so hard!
@Encore Baby Fat albert wants his body back
Everyone thought this was gonna be like that awful Sierra Burgess movie except with lesbians but this looks fantastic. A movie for young people focusing on the importance of friendship and how platonic love is just as important as romantic love? A movie giving the main character role to an Asian lesbian? Practically unheard of, especially for Netflix. I'm definitely looking forward to this.
"A movie giving the main character role to an Asian lesbian? Practically unheard of, especially for Netflix."
There's a TV-series called Haji / Giri on Netflix that features two asian homosexuals.
Dude sees she's gay and doesn't seem bothered and I think he wants her to be herself. Plus, him trying to fight back against racists is pretty cool
@@acertainghost286 oop
Ticking Clocks so woke
It’s cringe
I'm a dude and I watched this with my sister and even tho am not into romance crap I unexpectedly loved this one
“Love is messy, and horrible and selfish and... bold”
Sometimes those who are bold are the most subtle and non-suspecting
"Love is messy" that's sex education
Watch all the bright places
i like this part. 🤙🏼
Yesssssss I'm still hurt my ex broke up with me out of nowhere it hurts like hell but I have to move on.
“Not every love story is a romance” I don’t think the movie focuses on the love story between the two girls, but the platonic relationship between the Chu and the guy. I’m so down.
rannierunsfast YESSSSS
rannierunsfast Nah it’s about the love story just as much, it’s a ROM com so the romance is just as prevalent I’m assuming
@@taylornewman3454 It's not a romcom and idk why everyone thinks that it is when they never said that it was. It's a coming of age story and focuses a lot on the friendship between Ellie and Paul.
@dragonsareawesome123 It’s a rom com, feel free to look it up. It will focus a lot on the friendship between Ellie Paul as seen in the trailer but a big part it also the love story between the two girls. There are interviews with the writer and producer of the film Alice Wu and post from her instagram page and the actresses pages as well that confirm both of my points.
I think its about the friendship between the guy and chu chu as well as her romance with the girl.
00s: sassy gay friend
20s: sweet himbo sidekick
She's Spoon in Fred 3: Camp Fred
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finally, a trope i can get behind
What isa himbo
The movie was like a reading a peotry beside a river with flowers
@@myfingershavetheflu no i'm biromantic boy
I’m glad to see that Netflix is trying to break the mold of “girl meets guy who likes other girl. Girl helps win over girl but in the process the guy and the girl who is helping him find out they have feelings for each other.” It’s definitely something I think I’d be excited to watch.
exactly, I don't care if the plot's already in the trailer. As long as the acting is good and the characters are well written, I'll definitely give it a shot.
@@Super21Nash Same here
Are you hjntung towards to all the boys I have loved before?😂
@@ansahsiddiqui1384 There's been a 100 romance movies like that before
Gay
This is literally the opposite of To All The Boys I've Loved Before
it's Sierra Burgges, but gay
Laryssa Guedes lol true
Laryssa Guedes and (hopefully) with no nonconsentual kissing
@@thatboikas2137 I hope so
Yeah, it should be To All The Girls I've Loved Before😂😂😂
She needs to start charging more. $20 is not gonna cut it. Poor business practices.
A L 😂🤣😂😂 oh you a hustler hustler
Right? Like I’ve seen people charge $20 for one page alone lol
Ya
In small town have less customers. So for keeping business running, you need keep service price reasonable.
This is exactly what I was thinking lol. She’s selling herself too short
I have never cried like I did at the end of this movie. I've never felt so seen and understood by anything. It felt like Alice Wu took me apart, piece by piece and made something that would fill up every empty hollow in my heart. The way love is portrayed in this movie with all the ups and downs was the most beautiful thing. This felt like reading a love letter from myself. Thank you Alice Wu.
Late reply, and while I don't have the same experiences, this beautiful little gem of a film helped me understand some of those experiences. Remember that no matter how lonely one might feel, one is always loved.
when the kid yelled CHOO CHOO that really hit me deep as an asian. people think its funny but you know the real intention is because its an easy target, and a quick way to make someone feel embarrassed but you know you can get away with it because apparently all asians are quiet and shy. y'all know its the truth
Lydia tea what is choo choo means?
Had an aneurism trying to comprehend what this says.
@TheStroomis Come around my neighborhood and I promise the only victim will be you.
@TheStroomis Sure, everybody gets mocked in high school. But to go be mocked specifically because of your race is a whole other thing. Something that only people of color will understand. Something that extends far beyond high school. Maybe we'll stop being the victims when we stop being targeted.
What does choo choo mean? I'm Asian too, not trying to be rude, just hoping to understand what it means.
It seems like Netflix is becoming the Kings and Queens of coming-of-age dramas.
*"Wait .... So am I the good painting"* ~Trig. Poor him, he had no idea what they were talking about .He looked so confused at the time of their monologues....
“Chu-Chuuuu!”
“Who are you calling Chu-Chu?!”
*throws rock*
“What?”
😤 👏🏻 you go bro!
Hi I'm Paul Munsky
Will you be my ChuChuu
@ don't be Covid19 here mates.... Gay don't belong here
God bless our white saviours
A V aka Hwasa’s Twit I though that was an egg
Nah I’m Good looked gray to me, gonna go with some sort of spherical object
When the guy said: I'm so stupid....You like Aster.
Me: Yay! There you go! Thank Gosh not another stereotypical hero.
Love the glimpses of friendship between Ellie and Paul. Whatever happens I just hope their sweet friendship survives!
I know! Their friendship looks so cute
But they could also fall in love I hope she is bi
@@hallowelt6412 Ya. It's also a possibility. But it's better as platonic relationship for me in this case
this might actually be an good romance Netflix movie
You said actually twice in the same sentence!
Then you clearly have not watched all of them
@@shirbertfandom8731 do u have any recommendations?
For the first time in forever
i know right? Netflix rom coms are shit
The best parts (wink) of the film: Ellie's sexy velvety voice, the dad standing there without speaking with the kitchen shower in his hand after having drenched Trig, the song she sings, "I bet she would have tried taco sausage", and when Paul looked shocked at Ellie from the diner window.
I was just thinking "'ugh, another stupid Netflix romantic comedy" and then I watched the trailer. Wow, that looks amazing. Got me a little choked up, surprisingly. What a great premise and emotional trailer. The leads have amazing chemistry, too. Can't wait.
I feel like such a dork but I had tears in my eyes by the end. Glad I'm not alone!
@@TheSuperWeird1 Haha, you're not a dork, it's an emotional trailer!
No its not, because it spoiled it.
@@enemy1191 🙄🙄 how? The fact that she's also in love with the girl her friend is? That's the plot. That's like saying Julia Roberts being a prostitute in Pretty Woman is a spoiler.
James Keeling i love romantic comedies-
damn Aster look at how she's looking at Ellie when she helps her picking stuff off the floor, I fell in love with her too and I only watched the trailer once
Yes! But it was in this part that my heart melted. 1:31 😍
I watched the trailer many times 🤣
how could you not fall in love with her
You did not watch this trailer *once*
Gab19 I think everyone watched it like 5 times, I watched it 7 times now eight
Someone has already mentioned this, but I think it's amazing how this movie is shedding light on the importance of friendship with regards to everything that goes on in life: romance, discovering your sexuality, school life, etc. This movie looks really refreshing and I bet it's gonna be great!
Netflix we need a sequel to this
It's taken long enough
Oh god, please don’t let Netflix make this another Sierra Burges, it has too much potential
will. I pray it won’t be
But explain so he likes her but then realizes that her friend likes her
oh my gosh
i hope not
Ugh. The catfishing movie?
You just saw the entire movie on the trailer, is not like Sierra
so many complaints about that movie they wouldnt do that again
" The good thing about being different in a town like this is that no one expects you to be like them"
That hits me so hard.
at first it was, "ugh boring, she's just gonna end up with the guy again,"
then it was, "wait wait, they're onto something here"
Its only Half of it...😹😹
Im Really Looking forward to watching this one...
@@gauriphadanavis8345 i know sameee
ME TOO
same dude
triple
"Not every love story is a romance" makes me shiver because it is so true!
*pineapple, owl, and a caterpillar with glasses is all i can say*
🍍🦉🐛👓
Oooo... You've seen the movie😎....btw Poor munsky 😂😂😂the girl he likes like another girl... But I like it when he still stay as friend with her even tho he knew she's gay...
It makes the caterpillar looks smart
👋
@@maggiekariecheese2029 I think Munsky was confused, he never knew what love is and wanted so much to be in love with someone that he thought he loved Aster, and then Ellie
Didnt know I needed this, but I definitely need a Sequel and we shall call it "The other half of it".
THATS WHAT I SAID!!!
That's what I said too!!!
Ummm YES
YES
Yes pleaseeeee
When you start the trailer:
"Ahh I know where this is going "
Middle of the trailer:
"Interesting"
End of the trailer :
"Release date please"
I think it’s May 1st
That was exactly meeee. At first I was like "uuuugh, another straight romance film? Really?", but then 0:46 came in and it was like "now that's what I call interesting" ajsjjs
this movie was way too good, i loved ellie’s character so much. she was nerdy and shy, but also badass and authentic without being mean.
Netflix really needs to stop spoiling their movies in the trailers.
👏🏾
True... Their trailers are too revealing
Like you're not gonna watch it anyways...
I kinda hope narrators in trailers make a comeback. "Meet Ellie:" "a heartwarming tale about love with a message the whole family will enjoy". Corny maybe, but no need to show all of the scenes.
@@heldismatja8547 exactly....same ppl write the same dumb comments in trailer comment section.....besides what's Not know about these "Same Boring" Teen sexual identity crisis movies anyway!!
and IT’S COMING OUT ON ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH???!!
YES MA’AM
Anna Lian right i’m living for the representation🤩
Anna Lian yes!!
Yasss 😁
yet another wm/af tho cause asian men are still undesirable in hollywood
@@dmv2ks I don't think the male is the love interest tho, well from what I see, I think her and the guy are into the same girl. So if it is that way, it's kind of cool to have an LGBTQ+ Asian protagonist!
Closeted me at 16 in 1996 would have LOVED to have seen something like this played out on screen... now at nearly 40 (gasp) and fully out... I see this and am uplifted. This looks wonderful. Can't wait.
Linzo24 I just turned 16 today and I’m grateful to live in a generation where this kind of representation exists
Happy birthday dude!
@@rockyrock6730 Happy Birthday!!
Linzo24 closeted me at 13 is gonna love this. You walked so we could run, thank you
not closeted me at 6 saw plenty of gay films as a kid in 89
This movie needs a continuation, called "the other half of it", that's how good it is, Elle Chu needs to pick where she left with astra two years time, according to the timeline of the movie.
I think the other half of it should be about guys, probably the guy lead falling in love with a gay guy or something. That would be an interesting sequel.
@@georgiebennett3336 right👍
@@georgiebennett3336 No....I don't neccessarily agree. Since the first movie was from Ellie's point of view, I really think "The other half of it" should be from Aster's. The name is just profound that way
there's a part of me that want's that but another part of me that doesn't want to see this film get ruined.
Oh that would be amazing
girl is criminally getting underpaid 10-30 dollars an essay wtf
technically if its double spaced with big font 10$ for 3 pages is a deal
Considering the fact, that her customers don't have that much money it is a fair amount.
i was thinking the same thing!!!
I’m glad someone noticed this! That’s the first thing I felt bad for, this girl doesn’t even appreciate herself enough to charge the proper price. Believe in yourself!!! And then an awesome trailer followed 👏
This speaks to my hopeless romantic heart, on so many levels.
Damien I couldn’t have said it myself i love romance too
I’m a sucker for romance and this is coming from someone who likes seeing people having they’re jaws ripped off and heads split open and seeing people’s teeth ripped out and sticking them in they’re eyes etc lol can’t wait to watch this though.
adamd664 me too its next month im excited about it
Michelle Martinez same can’t wait
adamd664 same i think it gonna be like sierra is a loser movie
Guys, the movie is loosely based on the director's life, Alice Wu. She used to work for Microsoft as a Software Engineer and was super intelligent, but then she realised she was gay in a gender studies class. She also wrote screenplays as a side hustle and now this is her 2nd film.
Imagine being able to say you drop Netflix films as a side hustle I'm jealous but good for her
Cool story bro
Annie Ale What are the name of the other two films?
@@slowmo4388 oops i made a mistake . Its just one other film called Saving face
Her biggest mistake was attending a gender studies class.
This is the best "Coming of age" movie to come out of Netflix's lot.
The best aspect of this movie has to be the characters. They're so damn likeable and well written, that they feel like people you've met in real life.
I agree and I loved that Paul realized he was wrong and redeemed himself. Paul looks a lot like Stiles from the show Teen Wolf, I wonder if the actors are related.
@@myfingershavetheflu
damn is this an attack 😕
@@myfingershavetheflu Oh dear another finger that has the flu
This already feels so much more realistic than most highschool movies that have come out in the recent years. A story that's not completely centered around romantic love but a growing unlikely platonic friendship? The way that she gets bullied because of her last name (something that I, as an asian can also really relate to), the way that he says "I'm so stupid" after she reveals that she's in love with the same girl instead of getting angry , being a 17 year old who's different in a small town and thinking that you don't need anyone else?? Sign me up, I can't wait for this to come out.
Please my brother subscribe to my channel
Netflix is racist, as it only features Asian girls and Asian men who are gay or some type of nerd
just saw this on netflix and it is even better than the trailer
really??? dude did you even watch it
@@orksca5459 dude, it was good!! It's out on Netflix.
Right, I thought it would be so good so I patiently waited for it but actually it's great like really really great.
👍
Yeah, I already watched it twice!!
This trailer doesn't reveal a tiny bit what a gem this movie is.. I don't know if that's good or bad.. also this movie manages to make you root for all the three in that love triangle.. and I loved that!
*Now this is one non- clichèd romance I'm willing to see* ...
I live for anything non-clichéd since they are unpredictable and therefore more entertaining and exciting to see.
Yeah! *sobbing
Are you gay/lesbo?
SHREY SINGH i am 😭😭
@@soapheshinobi5801 So why are you crying? That's great..I wish you all the luck in life..
It's funny how they recreated an actual scene which they saw in tv (boy running behind girl in train)...... Love
This should be a Spoiler mark!
Anekha Hemand ya lol
That was both a funny and sad scene
Wth dude this is totally spoilers lol
"Moron"
I have to confess something to you guys.
I think this is the best Netflix movie I've ever seen.
100% Agree
U must be missing out then😬
Agree
honestly, I've seen a movie with he same plot. this movie need sequel to make it different a bit
@@thegoldsquadplus2912 Do share, I'm interested
“see you in a couple of years”
directors really think I wont wait 2 years ha. you underestimate my gay power
nxbody_ same tho lmao
You’re so early. The movie itself is so beautiful that I’d love to watch it twice
I need a part two, like damn she didn’t even said goodbye
nxbody_ same lmao hahahaha
DEAR NETFLIX,
BETTER FOR YOU TO GIVE US THE *SEQUEL* OF THIS MOVIE SINCE IT'S THE PUREST MOVIE I'VE EVER WATCH.
THANKS.
Up
YES NETFLIX IM BEGGING YOU PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE THiS MOVIE MEANS SO MUcH TO ME
I feel like the writers wouldn't want a sequel as the whole point of the movie is that stories don't always end the way you want them to. ✍🏼
TimTime yea but we like it :/
@@nxt_tim but we need it :)