The Sun Is Also a Star

The Sun Is Also a Star

2019100 min
7.0/10
RomanceDrama

Plot Summary

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 (16)

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

Anais Lee

Anais Lee

Young Natasha

Miriam A. Hyman

Miriam A. Hyman

Patricia Kingsley

Jordan Williams

Jordan Williams

Peter Kingsley

Keong Sim

Keong Sim

Dae Hyun Bae

Cathy Shim

Cathy Shim

Min Soo Bae

Shamika Cotton

Shamika Cotton

Hannah

🎬Crew

Director

Ry Russo-Young

Writers

Tracy Oliver

Producers

Leslie Morgenstein, Elysa Koplovitz Dutton

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🏷️Keywords

new york citydeportationlovekorean americanbased on young adult novelkorean

💬Reviews (1)

C

CinemaSerf

3/27/2022

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.

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Production Companies

Alloy Entertainment
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Warner Bros. Pictures