The Sun Is also a Star (2019)

A hopeless romantic ambivalent about his future in medical school falls for a hard-luck young woman who doesn't believe in love.

Director:

Ry Russo-Young

Writers:

Tracy Oliver (screenplay by), Nicola Yoon (based on the novel by)

Stars:

Yara Shahidi, Anais Lee, Charles Melton

2 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Yara Shahidi	...	Natasha Kingsley
Anais Lee	...	Young Natasha
Charles Melton	...	Daniel Jae Ho Bae
John Leguizamo	...	Jeremy Martinez
Gbenga Akinnagbe	...	Samuel Kingsley
Miriam A. Hyman	...	Patricia Kingsley
Jordan Williams	...	Peter Kingsley
Jake Choi	...	Charles Bae
Keong Sim	...	Dae Hyun Bae
Cathy Shim	...	Min Soo Bae
Shamika Cotton	...	Hannah
Camrus Johnson	...	Omar Hassabala
Hill Harper	...	Lester Barnes
Harry Chambarry	...	Angry Passenger
Tash Neal	...	Guitarist

Storyline

Natasha is a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. She is not the type of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when her family is twelve hours away from being deported. Falling in love with him will not be her story. Daniel has always been the good son, the good student, living up to his parents' high expectations. Never a poet. Or a dreamer. But when he sees her, he forgets all that. Something about Natasha makes him think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store - for both of them. Every moment has brought them to this single moment. A million futures lie before them. Which one will come true?

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Plot Keywords:

metro | train station | subway station | new york city | based on book | 

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Taglines:

Love is a Universe All of Its Own

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Genres:

Drama | Music | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some suggestive content and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

It has some of the elements from Serendipity (2001) and near the end of both movies, the Caffe Reggio Original Cappuccino shop is also used.

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Quotes

[First lines]
Natasha Kingsley: Carl Sagan once said that human beings are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it's forever. 13.8 billion years ago the big bang created the stars, the planets, the galaxies. Observable fact, rational thought. Pure science. Perfect. The big bang also led to my home. New York. A city filled with humanity, dreams, loss, love, the choice we make, the path we choose. I always believed it would take a lifetime to understand the human heart. In the end, all it took was a ...

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Connections

References Serendipity (2001)

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Soundtracks

Come
Written by Jain (as Jeanne Galice) & Yodelice
Performed by Jain
Courtesy of Spookland / RCA Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment

User Reviews

What the heck?

I have to compare this to the book right here. And the book was 12x better. This movie ruined a perfectly good book. Just changed and left out things that were important to the plot, making the movie a simple romance when it could have been SO MUCH MORE. I wanted Ponytail Daniel. Did I get him? NO. The ending in the book was beautiful, what did we get here? An oh-let's-end-the-movie-now kind of ending. Sure, go watch this if you want to waste 2 hours of your life, because you have no life. Man, the movie had such potential to be better.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Korean

Release Date:

17 May 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Sun Is Also a Star

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$9,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,511,530, 19 May 2019

Gross USA:

$4,950,029

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$6,750,029

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alloy Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Warner Bros.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1