The Sun Is Also a Star

The Sun Is Also a Star

2019
★★★★☆ 7.0/10
⏱️ 100 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
RomanceDrama
Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads - hers concerning her family’s deportation to Jamaica, and his concerning an education at Dartmouth.

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Cast

Yara Shahidi
Yara Shahidi
Natasha Kingsley
Charles Melton
Charles Melton
Daniel Jae Ho Bae
Hill Harper
Hill Harper
Lester Barnes
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Samuel Kingsley
Jake Choi
Jake Choi
Charlie Bae
John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo
Jeremy Martinez

User Reviews

CinemaSerf
★ 5/10
I was wondering if this film was sponsored by the New York tourist board? Every time there was an opportunity for us to actually get to know the characters, or to get an inkling as to why they were bonding so well, we were diverted to a song and some extended GVs of the city. As such, their whirlwind romance didn't resonate and the surfeit of coincidences left me expecting an imminent lottery jackpot. If they really did spend $9m on this, then it wasn't on the script which is pretty pedestrian. It isn't a bad film - but it is instantly forgettable.
March 27, 2022

Crew

Director
Ry Russo-Young
Writer
Tracy Oliver
Producer
Leslie Morgenstein, Elysa Koplovitz Dutton

Production

Alloy Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros. Pictures

Keywords

new york citydeportationlovekorean americanbased on young adult novelkorean