Vanity Fair
I believed in Natasha and Daniel; I believed in the implausibility of their day. And I believed in the movie's mission, however overpronounced.
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The Sun Is Also a Star
A teenager (Black-Ish's Yara Shahidi) finds love at a tough time in her family's life in this drama based on Nicola Yoon's young adult novel.
College-bound romantic Daniel Bae (Charles Melton, The Thinning: New World Order) and Jamaica-born pragmatist Natasha Kingsley (Shahidi) fall for each other just a day before her family’s deportation from the States.
Less2019Rating: M, Violence, sexual references & offensive language100 minsUSA
Drama
- Director:
- Ry Russo-Young ('You Wont Miss Me', 'Nobody Walks', 'Before I Fall')
- Writer:
- Tracy Oliver
- Cast:
- Yara ShahidiCharles MeltonGbenga AkinnagbeMiriam A. HymanJake ChoiCathy ShimKeong SimJordan Williams
The Sun Is Also a Star | Reviews
52%103 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® Score
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The New York Times
They are so appealing - I mean, his last name is Bae, and she never makes a joke about it - that you will totally believe that he is a budding poet and that her thing is astronomy.
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Los Angeles Times
"Sun" unapologetically embraces deep-dish romantic fantasy and unashamedly exults in the most shameless coincidences imaginable. If that sounds noticeably lacking in irony, sarcasm and snark, it's just going to have to be that way.
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Hollywood Reporter
Even by generic standards, The Sun Is Also a Star is simply misbegotten.
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The Sun Is Also a Star | Release Details
The Sun Is Also a Star is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Neon Rentals.