Hal & Harper

Hal & Harper is a 2025 American comedy drama television series created, written, and directed by Cooper Raiff and starring Raiff, Lili Reinhart, Betty Gilpin, and Mark Ruffalo.

Hal & Harper
Genre	Comedy drama
Created by	Cooper Raiff
Written by	Cooper Raiff
Directed by	Cooper Raiff
Starring	Cooper Raiff Lili Reinhart Betty Gilpin Mark Ruffalo
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producers	Lili Reinhart Cooper Raiff Daniel Lewis Addison Timlin Clementine Quittner
Producer	Thomas Hartmann
Cinematography	Doug Emmett
Editor	McKinley Carlin
Running time	25-26 minutes
Production companies	Bad Bangs LLC Small Ideas Lionsgate Television
Original release
Network	Mubi
Release	October 19, 2025 (2025-10-19) – present

The series had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2025.^[1][2] It was released globally on October 19, by Mubi.^[3][4]

Premise

Speaking in 2020, Raiff 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.^[5]

Cast

• Cooper Raiff as Hal
• Lili Reinhart as Harper
• Mark Ruffalo as Dad, Hal and Harper's father
• Betty Gilpin as Kate, Dad's girlfriend
• Addison Timlin as Audrey, Harper's co-worker
• Havana Rose Liu as Abby Jossos, Hal's on-and-off girlfriend
• Alyah Chanelle Scott as Jesse, Harper's longtime girlfriend

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Pilot"	Cooper Raiff	Cooper Raiff	October 19, 2025 (2025-10-19)
2	"Going to Each Other"	Cooper Raiff	Cooper Raiff	October 19, 2025 (2025-10-19)

Production

Speaking in 2020 to Screen Daily, Cooper Raiff said he had been writing the script for Hal & Harper for "a long time".^[6] The series was initially set up at FX, however, Raiff opted to produce the series independently after creative differences, with Lionsgate Television providing financing.^[7][8] In August 2023, Mark Ruffalo and Lili Reinhart were cast, with Ruffalo expected to play the father and Reinhart and Raiff expected to play the siblings. Also joining the cast were Addison Timlin and Havana Rose Liu.^[9]

Filming started in Los Angeles in August 2023.^[10] An interim agreement was obtained to continue production during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike.^[11] In January 2024, lead actress Lili Reinhart shared photographs from filming on her private Instagram account.^[12]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 92% of 24 critics' reviews are positive. The website's critics consensus reads, "Naturalistic and peppered with relatable insight, Hal & Harper is a moving family dramedy enlivened by superb performances across the board."^[13] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable".^[14]