The Sun Is Also a Star (2019)

★ 7.0 1h 40m 618 votes IMDb
Drama Romance
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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.

The Sun Is Also a Star

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Cast

Yara Shahidi
Yara Shahidi as Natasha Kingsley Age 26 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Yara Shahidi was born on February 10, 2000 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Salt (2010), Black-ish (2014) and Grown-ish (2018)..
Charles Melton
Charles Melton as Daniel Jae Ho Bae Age 35 · Juneau, Alaska, USA Charles Michael Melton (born January 4, 1991) is an American actor. After working as a fashion model, Melton ventured to acting with guest roles on the television series Glee (2014) and American Horro...
Hill Harper
Hill Harper as Lester Barnes Age 59 · Iowa City, Iowa, USA Frank Eugene "Hill" Harper is an American actor and political candidate, who is known for his roles as Dr. Sheldon Hawkes in CSI: NY, Agent Spelman Boyle in Limitless, and Dr. Marcus Andrews in The Go...
Gbenga Akinnagbe
Gbenga Akinnagbe as Samuel Kingsley Age 47 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Jake Choi
Jake Choi as Charlie Bae Age 38 · Elmhurst, Queens, New York, USA Jake Choi is an American actor born and raised in Elmhurst, Queens, New York. Choi received his training at The Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. He also took classes at T.
John Leguizamo
John Leguizamo as Jeremy Martinez Age 65 · Bogotá, Colombia John Alberto Leguizamo Peláez (born July 22, 1960) is a Colombian-American stand-up comedian, actor, and film producer. He has appeared in over 100 films, produced over 20 films and documentaries, mad...
Director Ry Russo-Young
Cast Yara Shahidi, Charles Melton, Hill Harper, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Jake Choi, John Leguizamo, Anais Lee, Miriam A. Hyman, Jordan Williams, Keong Sim

Audience Reviews

CinemaSerf 5/10 Mar 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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