The Sun Is Also a Star (2019)
Directed by Ry Russo-Young
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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And although the continuing emphasis on coincidences and fate remains rather silly from start to finish, The Sun Is Also a Star benefits substantially from the almost absurdly charismatic work of its stars and the palpable chemistry between their respective characters (ie the film, when all is said and done, is at its best when focused on Natasha and Daniel’s easygoing, Before Sunrise -like conversations).
Quicker than you can say Before Sunrise , the two of them spend most of the next 24 hours strolling around New York, swapping worldviews, and Natasha is generally very good at somewhat hiding the fact that she hopes Daniel will win their bet.
If Richard Linklater made a junior version of “Before Sunrise,” it might look like “The Sun Is Also a Star,” in which two teens meet and have only one day in which to fall in love before they go their separate ways.
It might seem glib to look at this movie, in which two strangers meet by happenstance and fall in love while spending the day together in a big city, as Before Sunrise for the YA set.
With tinges of both 1995's "Before Sunrise" and 2001's "…
This set-up is awfully similar to Richard Linklater's classic Before Sunrise .