The Sun Is Also A Star (2019), Charles Melton, Yara Shahidi
Based on the novel of the same name by Nicola Yoon (Everything, Everything (2017),The Sun Is Also A Star stars Yara Shahidi in a story about a teenager who finds love at a challenging time in her family’s life.
Directed by Ry Russo-Young, Charles Melton, Faith Logan, and Gbenga Akinnagbe are among the key cast.
I’m interested in the nature of the challenging times her family is going through. I’ll also admit that I am a little curious about what he’ll do to make sure that she falls in love.
Camrus Johnson, Jake Choi and Anais Lee also star.
Everything, Everything (2017), Amandla Stenberg, Nick Robinson
Based on the book by Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everythingis directed by Stella Meghie, and it’s the classic story of a girl (Maddy) who falls in love with the boy next door. The most interesting part of the story, for me, is the fact that Maddy has been confined to her home since infancy due to illness.
The two main characters in this movie are teenagers played by Amandla Stenberg and Nick Robinson. It’s therefore clear that teenagers are the target demographic; not that that stopped me from being most curious about the story of Maddy’s mother – a character we don’t really get to know too much about. I think that as a non-teenager myself, I’ve in the most part exhausted my interest in most largely-teenage movies. Except maybe in instances where a story is really, truly compelling and well cast.
I’m quite sure that teenage me would have really enjoyed this movie. However, non-teenage me found it OK. Non-teenage me is also very glad that she hadn’t read the book before watching this film. Otherwise, there’s a chance I personally would have found much less to look forward to towards the end.
The thing that stood out most for me about Everything, Everything is that its main stars, Stenberg and Robinson, are promising young actors. I now find myself looking forward to watching Stenberg in writer/director Ama Asante’s upcoming drama/romance, Where Hands Touch (2018) about a bi-racial teenager struggling to survive in Nazi Germany. Yes, yes, I know that it’s yet another teen-centric movie, but it’s Ama Asante. She wrote and directed Belle (2014), don’t you know?
Everything, Everything (2017), Amandla Stenberg, Nick Robinson
Todays trailer is a perfect one for Valentines Day, especially if you’re a teenager.
At first I thought this was the Amandla Stenberg film that she’s making with Amma Asante – director ofBelle (2014)but instead, and not in a bad way, Everything, Everything is the story of a teenage girl who falls for the boy next door. Except, as is the case for many a love story, there’s a major obstacle in the way, she can’t go outside and never has because she’s allergic to everything.
It feels mighty cruel to release the trailer for a potentially good romantic film on Valentines Day instead of the actual film itself, doesn’t it?
The Movie My Life 