Synopsis
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 ShahidiNatasha Kingsley
- Charles MeltonDaniel Jae Ho Bae
- Hill HarperLester Barnes
- Gbenga AkinnagbeSamuel Kingsley
- Jake ChoiCharlie Bae
- John LeguizamoJeremy Martinez
- Anais LeeYoung Natasha
- Miriam A. HymanPatricia Kingsley
- Jordan WilliamsPeter Kingsley
- Keong SimDae Hyun Bae
Recommendations
- 75
IndieWire
While great direction isn’t the worst problem to have, the fact that the writing and acting couldn’t quite live up to their gorgeous surroundings hollows the experience of watching it. - 63
Washington Post
If its heart-pounding romance doesn’t make you cry, its sorely needed sense of optimism will surely make you smile. - 60
Variety
Sure, Sagan’s scientific method dominates the universe. But here on earth, this crowd-pleaser convinces us to spend one day savoring an American Dream. - 58
The A.V. Club
Although the big-screen adaptation of Nicola Yoon’s best-selling young adult novel finds welcome specificity in its world and character building, it never rises above the most generic of platitudes in its central teen love story. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
The leads are both charming, but they can’t override the tooth-aching sincerity of the script, or the cardboard conflicts that propel it. - 50
The Associated Press
The driving engine behind the film — a whirlwind 24-hour romance — is contrived, underwhelming and perhaps worst of all, unconvincing. - 50
Movie Nation
But if you’re waiting for that heartbeat-skipping moment that big screen romances have to deliver to come off, don’t bother your cardiologist. The Sun is Also a Star can’t deliver one. - 42
The Playlist
Daniel tells Natasha of his elements for falling in love, “My ingredients are friendship, chemistry, the X factor,” and he assures her that they have that last one. But that’s what The Sun Is Also a Star lacks: that ineffable quality that makes it work. Though we spend nearly two hours in its presence, it never makes us fall in love with it, despite its best efforts.
