The Sun Is Also a Star
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, 51% Rotten Tomatometer Score- The Sun Is Also a Star has a pair of easy-to-love leads, but tests the audience's affection with a storyline that strains credulity past the breaking point.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAtavia ReedChicago Reader
The pacing can be quick, but overall this film will warm the heart of any hopeless romantic.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDonald ClarkeIrish Times
Yes, it's both too bad and too good to be true, but there could be no better time for such fantasies.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRoxana HadadiChesapeake Family Magazine
For tween and teen fans of the book and love stories in general, the Nicola Yoon adaptation The Sun is Also a Star will provide a romantic, if sometimes meandering, viewing experience.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreSara Michelle FettersMovieFreak.com
The Sun is Also a Star might be the most infuriating film I've seen in 2019.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRobert DanielsMediaversity Reviews
For all of its well-meaning examinations of race, The Sun Is Also a Star rests upon troubling casting...In many regards, The Sun Is Also a Star fights itself.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreK. Austin CollinsVanity Fair
I believed in Natasha and Daniel; I believed in the implausibility of their day. And I believed in the movie's mission, however overpronounced.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreM.N. MillerReady Steady Cut
A tomato is also a fruit.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLonita CookKCTV5 News at 9
It feels soft and bright like a love story should.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRichard CrouseRichard Crouse
Heavy on the dialogue, it proceeds at an unhurried pace building toward romantic moments geared to make teen's hearts beat a little faster.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSteven ProkopyThird Coast Review
The Sun Is Also a Star is neither a complete failure nor a total success, but as someone who considers even a partial victory in the realm of romance films a win, I'll take this marginally likable work.
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