Two years ago, Richard Gadd came out of nowhere and created a massive hit for Netflix with Baby Reindeer. In his follow-up to that project, he’s created and written Half Man for HBO and the BBC, exploring a very complex friendship between two men that spans over 30 years.
HALF MAN: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
Opening Shot: A wedding in Scotland, with people dancing and happy. Meanwhile in a dark barn, the groom confronts a shirtless man with tattoos.
The Gist: Niall Kennedy (Jamie Bell) is the groom, and the shirtless man is his longtime friend Ruben Pallister (Richard Gadd). Niall hasn’t seen Ruben in years, and is surprised to see him at his wedding. “We might not flow through each other’s veins, but we flow through each other’s brains,” Ruben tells him, repeating the phrase they used to say about themselves when they were teens, that they’re “brothers
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