The Sun Is Also a Star

The Sun Is Also a Star

17/5/2019 1h 40m 7.0/10

Overview

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.

Director

Ry Russo-Young

Top Billed Cast

John Leguizamo

John Leguizamo

Jeremy Martinez

Charles Melton

Charles Melton

Daniel Jae Ho Bae

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Samuel Kingsley

Yara Shahidi

Yara Shahidi

Natasha Kingsley

Hill Harper

Hill Harper

Lester Barnes

Jake Choi

Jake Choi

Charlie Bae

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

3/27/2022

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.

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