The Good Half

2023

Action / Comedy / Drama

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 96% · 25 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 96% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 1179 1.2K

Plot summary

Renn Wheeland returns home to Cleveland for his mother's funeral. Once there, he forges new relationships while healing old ones, before confronting his problems and trying to face his grief.

Director

Robert Schwartzman Photo
Robert Schwartzman

Top cast

Brittany Snow Photo
Brittany Snow as Leigh Wheeland
Elisabeth Shue Photo
Elisabeth Shue as Lily Wheeland
Larry Pine Photo
Larry Pine as Kevin
Glo Tavarez Photo
Glo Tavarez as Waitress
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889.94 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 6
1.78 GB
1916*800
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   cn   cz   dk   nl   es   fi   fr   de   hu   it   kr   no   pl   pt   ru   sv   th   tr   uk  
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by gazferg 7 / 10

A Well Crafted Portrayal of Grief

I'm a bit of a sucker for those films that slip under the radar, are produced on a low budget and don't have all the marketing glitz of so-called blockbuster movies. And so it is with the Good Half. Grief is an individual emotion and response that's often hard to articulate and depict on the screen without falling into cliches and mush. However the Good Half gives a worthy and considered account of what grief is like for 1 family and particularly the son, Renn Wheeland, played by Nick Jonas. With the death of his mother, he finds it difficult to express his emotions and plays it out through detachment and, at times aggression. Flashbacks of Renn with his mother during his childhood and later, add to his frustration at her passing. This is an ensemble cast and Renn's story is aided by well-balanced and convincing performances by his sister, Leigh, played by Brittany Snow and his mother Lily, played by Elisabeth Shue. Other cast members add to the well-crafted story. While the story moves along at a slow pace (as others have mentioned in reviews here) this only adds depth to the grief in the immediate aftermath of Lily's death. So be patient and watch through to the end and you'll be rewarded with a superb story of one family's response to the passing of one of their key members. Highly recommended.
Reviewed by JonyVeana 6 / 10

Boring and sad

Boring not interesting but sad i guess i don't really know the point of thise depressed and sad movies, make no sense to me but it's ok I guess, overall its a solid time but nothing happens and that can make you feel kinda sad but its a good movie to Cry i never cry so i don't know, you need to start loving your mother and stop treating her bad ok, you own her everything so be a good kid ok my guys, overall its an interesting performance by Jonas and the rest of the cast is solid and its a good time so go watch it guysNick Jonas born to be an actor definitely my bias of the jonas brothers by far.
Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 6 / 10

Nick Jonas in a tough role

Renn Wheeland (Nick Jonas) is flying home to Cleveland for his mother (Elisabeth Shue)'s funeral. He connects with fellow plane passenger Zoey Abbot (Alexandra Shipp). His sister Leigh Wheeland (Brittany Snow) had been caring for their mother. Their father (Matt Walsh) has been divorced and she had remarried Rick Barona (David Arquette) who is controlling the funeral.There are moments of dark emotional explosions and broad black comedy. It can be jarring to flip from one to the other. Nick Jonas is not necessarily a great actor. He's trying. It's tough to center such a wide-ranging role. It is a little uneven, but it kept me interested.
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