The Sun Is Also a Star
Love is a universe all of its own
2019 | 100m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Ry Russo-Young |
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| Writer: | Tracy Oliver, Nicola Yoon |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 16, 2019 |
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| Director: | Ry Russo-Young |
| Writer: | Tracy Oliver, Nicola Yoon |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | new york city, deportation, love, korean american, based on young adult novel, korean |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros. Pictures, Alloy Entertainment |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $6,800,000
Budget: $9,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Yara Shahidi | Natasha Kingsley |
| Charles Melton | Daniel Jae Ho Bae |
| Hill Harper | Lester Barnes |
| Gbenga Akinnagbe | Samuel Kingsley |
| Jake Choi | Charlie Bae |
| John Leguizamo | Jeremy Martinez |
| Anais Lee | Young Natasha |
| Miriam A. Hyman | Patricia Kingsley |
| Jordan Williams | Peter Kingsley |
| Keong Sim | Dae Hyun Bae |
| Cathy Shim | Min Soo Bae |
| Shamika Cotton | Hannah |
| Camrus Johnson | Omar Hassabala |
| Harry Chambarry | Angry Passenger |
| Tash Neal | Guitarist |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ry Russo-Young | Director |
| Herdís Stefánsdóttir | Music |
| Wynn Thomas | Production Design |
| Autumn Durald | Director of Photography |
| Tracy Oliver | Screenplay |
| Nicola Yoon | Book |
| Joe Landauer | Editor |
| Alexandra Mazur | Set Decoration |
| Nancy Richardson | Additional Editing |
| Atsushi Nishijima | Still Photographer |
| Gine Lui | Location Scout |
| Deirdra E. Govan | Costume Designer |
| Teddy Blanks | Title Designer |
| Joe Fugallo | Techno Crane Operator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Leslie Morgenstein | Producer |
| Elysa Koplovitz Dutton | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16 | 29 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 18 | 33 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 8 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 6 |
| 2024 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 13 | 26 | 7 |
| 2024 | 12 | 13 | 26 | 8 |
| 2025 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 593 | 729 |
Geronimo1967
5.0
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 whirlwin ... d 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.
Mar 27, 2022