Okay, so obviously it was the Hubby’s turn to choose a movie, and by now you should know what a sucker he is for romantic movies or rom coms.
Which leads us to the opening day of “The Sun Is Also A Star”
We were the only people in the theatre!!! Warning Will Robinson!!
But it’s only a ninety-four minute movie, how bad could it be? Hello, the longest ninety-four minute movie in history!! The Avengers: Endgame was a breeze to this “who cares romantic dud”
Natasha and her family are undocumented aliens from Jamaica. ICE arrested her father in a raid of the restaurant he worked in. They’ve gone through all the legal steps, but are facing deportation back to Jamaica in twenty-four hours. Natasha has lived in NYC for the past nine years and is determined to find a way to stay.
Daniel is a first generation Korean American, whose life plan of becoming a doctor has been determined by his parents since his birth. Daniel, a romantic, would much rather be a poet.
And here is my first problem, our leads are supposed to be high schoolers, which means teenagers. Daniel, looks like he should of graduated medical school already, he probably hasn’t been close to a high school in ten years. As for Natasha, she does wear headphones for the first ten minutes of the movie, so she MUST be a high schooler.
Our story begins with poet Daniel, writing in his journal “Deus ex Machina” and wouldn’t you know, a few hours later, he see’s Natasha wearing a jacket with “Deus ex Machina” written on the back.
It’s fate, it’s destiny, and it’s the basis of this movie.
Daniel chases after Natasha, and saves her from getting run over by a speeding car (a BMW of course). They begin to talk and Natasha discovers Daniel writes poetry. Natasha being a practical, cynical person declares love is “legit dead-ass, not real” Daniel challenges her, he will make her fall in love with him in twenty four hours. And that commences a cinematic tour of puppy love throughout the boroughs of NY. At times I thought we were watching a I Love NY commercial, we were in the Roosevelt Island tram, super clean subways, the Hayden Planetarium, beautiful midtown, no traffic at the airport, even Harlem looked fabulous. If I were from Nebraska I’d be looking at Expedia for a vacation package.
How many times do we have to hear “always remember to open up your heart to destiny”
This was the Hallmark channel on steroids.
And the worst part of this is you know how it’s going to end.
Even the Hubby, king of romance, agrees on this rating D+.
Seriously, unless you can find a $5-6 showing, wait for Red Box. Personally I wouldn’t rent it without at least a dollar off rental.
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