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The Sun Is Also a Star (2019)

6.14

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7 User Ratings

1h 40m

Running Time

May 16, 2019
Release Date

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The Sun Is Also a Star (2019)

Name: The Sun Is Also a Star
Genre: Romance, Drama, Music
Released: 2019-05-16
Rating: 6.14

6.14

/ 10

7 User Ratings

1h 40m

Running Time

May 16, 2019
Release Date

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Plot.

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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This Movie Is About.

love ·

new york ·

based on young adult novel ·

korean american ·

deportation ·

korean

Media.

Details.

Release Date
May 16, 2019

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 40m

Content Rating
PG-13

Budget
$9,000,000

Box Office
$6,800,000

Genres
Romance Drama Music

Wiki.

The Sun Is Also a Star is a 2019 American teen romance film directed by Ry Russo-Young and written by Tracy Oliver, based on the young adult novel of the same name by Nicola Yoon. The film stars Yara Shahidi, Charles Melton, and John Leguizamo, and follows a young couple who fall in love, while one of their families faces deportation.

It was theatrically released in the United States on May 17, 2019, by Warner Bros. Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $6.8 million worldwide.

The film made Charles Melton the first Korean-American and Asian-American actor to lead a teen romance film from a major Hollywood studio.