The Sun Is Also a Star
(2019)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.... More
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.Hide
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Directed by Ry Russo-Young ('You Wont Miss Me', 'Nobody Walks', 'Before I Fall')
Starring Yara Shahidi, Charles Melton, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Miriam A. Hyman, Jake Choi, Cathy Shim, Keong Sim, Jordan Williams
Written by Tracy Oliver (based on the novel of the same name by Nicola Yoon)
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The Sun Is Also a Star
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"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. Full Review
I believed in Natasha and Daniel; I believed in the implausibility of their day. And I believed in the movie's mission, however overpronounced. Full Review
The sparks are few in this laboured romance. Full Review
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. Full Review
Even by generic standards, The Sun Is Also a Star is simply misbegotten. Full Review
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