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The Sun Is Also a Star

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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.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2019-05-16

Runtime: 100 mins

Director: Ry Russo-Young

Spoken language: English

Genres: Romance, Drama

Original title: The Sun Is Also a Star

Production Companies: Alloy Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

Reviews

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Geronimo1967
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.
2022-03-27

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