Winter Warmer Watchlist - Hal & Harper - Season One

Starring Mark Ruffalo, Lili Reinhart, Cooper Raiff and Betty Gilpin and, from the Award winning filmmaker of Cha Cha Real Smooth comes the new series.  

Hal & Harper streams right now on Stan across all nine episodes.

Following two siblings (Reinhart and Raiff) as they try to preserve their childhood even though their single father (Ruffalo) forces them to grow up too fast. 

The series landed late June on the Aussie streamer. I struggled getting into the show. Even though the episodes are relatively short, the first four episodes were a real struggle.

I did start it a while ago, leaving it and moving onto other more upbeat series. Maybe I am too lowbrow, but this was just a bit too arty for me.

Hal and Harper had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in January. Oversees the series will air on Mubi. I feel like this is a one and done however there is limited info online about the series.

Director Cooper Raiff, in 2020, described the plot as following two siblings and their single dad who is making them grow up too fast. With that in mind, the 7-year old and 9-year-old characters would be cast with adult actors

If you like a random drama with major family ties or just like Mark Ruffalo, this might be for you. Ruffalo, will also appear next in HBO miniseries Task. Apparently set to air next month.

It's the weekend folks, I'm set to see Weapons tomorrow, so expect another film review real soon y'all!

Big finale week next Friday. BMF, Smoke and the last ever And Just Like That.. episode incoming!