The Sky is Everywhere

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The Sky is Everywhere

PG-13

Released Feb 11, 2022

1h 43m

Drama

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Tucked among the magical redwood trees of Northern California and surrounded by her grandmother's gargantuan roses, 17-year-old Lennie Walker, a radiant musical prodigy, struggles with overwhelming grief following the sudden loss of her older sister, Bailey. When Joe Fontaine, the charismatic new guy at school, enters Lennie's life, she's drawn to him. But Lennie's complicated relationship with her sister's devastated boyfriend, Toby, starts to affect Lennie and Joe's budding love. Through her vivid imagination and honest, conflicted heart, Lennie navigates first love and first loss to create a song of her own.

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Critics Consensus

The Sky Is Everywhere never quite scales the heights of profundity to which it aspires, but star Grace Kaufman proves a perfect fit for director Josephine Decker's vision.

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Kimber Myers

Crooked Marquee

The Sky is Everywhere is most likely to enchant its Gen-Z target audience with its wildly romantic story set to a tinkling score, but its tenderness and authenticity can have a broader appeal.

Rated: B+

Feb 14, 2022

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Ty Burr

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No director conveys too-muchness like Decker, and on top of that “The Sky Is Everywhere” is very lucky to have Kaufman in the lead.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 11, 2022

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

[The Sky is Everywhere] embraces excess as an expression of the heroine’s mercurial spirit. Sometimes the results are excessively excessive, blithely blissed-out or simply clichéd. Mostly, though, they’re funny, affecting and endearing.

Feb 11, 2022

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Joshua Polanski

Boston Hassle

[Josephine Decker's] bold film grammar is innovative, in part, because Christian-Buddhism has never been taken seriously by a visual artist before.

Jul 16, 2024

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Hector A. Gonzalez

Loud and Clear Reviews

Josephine Decker adapts Jandy Nelson’s young adult novel The Sky is Everywhere with its quips and trinkets attached, for better or worse (mainly for the latter).

Rated: 2.5/5

Feb 10, 2024

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Rebecca Johnson

Film Focus Online

Unfortunately, The Sky Is Everywhere is another middling young adult novel adaptation that fails to pack the punch that it attempts. Though the story is lacklustre, it may be worth watching on a rainy day for its visuals and promising performances.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 25, 2023

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It would’ve been a good movie if it wasn’t based on the book. As a person who has read it multiple times and has memorised every character, chapter and plot twist I was expecting something much more than whatever this was. They changed the whole script and plot for god knows what reason. I honestly liked it but felt like if the stayed on the original plot things would’ve made much a difference and most likely would’ve been more popular.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/06/25

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Julian Rex M

Despite a few thoughtful performances from its slim cast, The Sky Is Everywhere is ultimately unable to juggle its many ambitions, resulting in an emotional mixed bag that struggles to balance the serious and silly elements of its script, though Josephine Decker's admiration for the source material is evident, and her verve for the surreal equally so.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/01/25

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michael d

The sky is everywhere The cinematography is aesthetically pleasing and well-done, from the camera twirls and zooms to the redwood trees that envelop most of the locations. Bereavement, coming to terms with loss and teenage angst as its central themes keep it emotionally charged, and are well portrayed by the protagonist (Grace Kaufman). Even though the plot may feel muddled sometimes, and the progression may seem stunted, it is a very enjoyable movie with important lessons to be learnt.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/21/24

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Jorge C

Puntos por creatividad.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/13/24

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steve d

The script is too cliché to offer anything impactful, but the main performance is really solid and heartfelt.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

I'm sorry but the main love interests voice was in such stark contrast to his appearance I was thrown off and could focus on nothing else. Seemed like a decent film.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Synopsis

Tucked among the magical redwood trees of Northern California and surrounded by her grandmother's gargantuan roses, 17-year-old Lennie Walker, a radiant musical prodigy, struggles with overwhelming grief following the sudden loss of her older sister, Bailey. When Joe Fontaine, the charismatic new guy at school, enters Lennie's life, she's drawn to him. But Lennie's complicated relationship with her sister's devastated boyfriend, Toby, starts to affect Lennie and Joe's budding love. Through her vivid imagination and honest, conflicted heart, Lennie navigates first love and first loss to create a song of her own.

Director: Josephine Decker
Producer: Allison Rose Carter, Josephine Decker, Denise Di Novi, Margaret French Isaac
Screenwriter: Jandy Nelson
Distributor: Apple TV+
Production Co: DiNovi Pictures, A24
Rating: PG-13 (Drug Use|Language and Sexual References)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 11, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 11, 2022
Runtime: 1h 43m

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