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On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of 59 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Sun Never Sets turns the familiar rhythms of a love triangle into a perceptive portrait of romantic indecision, buoyed by director Joe Swanberg's loose approach and Dakota Fanning's compelling performance." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
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58 of 58 · most liked firstThe film "The Sun Never Sets," which was shot in Alaska and stars Jake Johnson and Dakota Fanning, was produced by Anchorage’s Ashleigh Snead.
unlabelledView post →Opening August 28th, Dakota Fanning stars in THE SUN NEVER SETS, the new movie from Chicago filmmaker Joe Swanberg! Join us for Opening Weekend Q&As with Joe Swanberg and actor Cory Michael Smith on Friday 8/28 and Saturday 8/29. Advance Tickets On Sale Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
unlabelledView post →THE SUN NEVER SETS is an involving relationship drama, and Dakota Fanning hasn't a film role this worthy of her talents in at least ten years. My review is at @thewrap.com!
unlabelledView post →Super cool this film is finally out! I remember when they filmed scenes at the Whittier Tunnel. Not sure if it made it into the film, but they filmed several takes of Dakota driving up to the toll booth. It looks very good, and it was shot in Alaska! #TheSunNeverSets www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTIf...
unlabelledView post →THE SUN NEVER SETS (2026) Streaming: October 13, 2026 VOD/Digital (Apple, Amazon, Fandango, etc.) #TheSunNeverSets whentostream.com/joe-swanberg...
unlabelledView post →The Sun Never Sets took me by surprise; it's very different not only from Joe Swanberg's early, loose-textured films but also from his smoother and star-centered ones—it's a conceptual film of live-action abstractions: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
unlabelledView post →I saw THE SUN NEVER SETS at the Chicago Critics Film Festival and I loved it. Go see this!
unlabelledView post →Chicago premieres of The Invite! Power Ballad! When a Witness Recants! Chili Finger! The Sun Never Sets! Time and Water! Maddie's Secret! Late Fame! And so many more! The 2026 @chicagocritics.bsky.social schedule is here! www.rogerebert.com/festivals/ch...
unlabelledView post →Second and final #SXSW report is live at @crooked-marquee.bsky.social! Some thoughts on THE SUN NEVER SETS, PRETTY LETHAL, FORBIDDEN FRUITS, CHASING SUMMER, THE SAVIORS, DREAMQUIL, and maybe my fave film of the fest, SERLING: crookedmarquee.com/sxsw-dispatc...
unlabelledView post →Dakota Fanning & Jake Johnson star in The Sun Never Sets — Joe Swanberg's return to mumblecore filmmaking after nearly a decade away. Quietly affecting in places, annoyingly vague in others. #TheSunNeverSets #DakotaFanning #JakeJohnson #MovieReviews www.popentertainmentarchives.com/post/the-sun...
unlabelledView post →My last 4 watched: COLONY (The latest South Korean zombie movie from the director of "Train to Busan") *** THE SUN NEVER SETS (Joe Swanberg's new movie) *** 1/2 REMAKE (Ross McElwee's doc about his late son) *** 1/2 SHE DANCES (Steve Zahn + Ethan Hawke/pretty bad) * 1/2
unlabelledView post →Joe Swanberg gets back behind the camera for the SXSW premiere of The Sun Never Sets.
unlabelledView post →MJ’s @revengeoftrashboy.bsky.social says of THE SUN NEVER SETS, “Like its lead characters, this movie is trying to have everything both ways, to the satisfaction of nobody.” #TheSunNeverSets is in theaters now.
unlabelledView post →Joe Swanberg is back with THE SUN NEVER SETS, a funny and moving love triangle dramedy with Dakota Fanning, Jake Johnson, and Cory Michael Smith. Now in theaters. #FilmSky #MovieSky #FilmCommunity #MovieCommunity
unlabelledView post →This sounds like the trailer I saw for a new indie movie starring Dakota Fanning and Jake Johnson coming out soon called The Sun Never Sets
unlabelledView post →Joe Swanberg’s The Sun Never Sets, starring Dakota Fanning & Jake Johnson, is in theaters now (& reviews are in). www.metacritic.com/movie/the-su... “The love triangle movie is nothing new; The Sun Never Sets, thankfully, finds new paths to tread.” - Clint Worthington, RogerEbert. com
unlabelledView post →"the Sun Never Sets, 3" 30"x40". Film Photograph. Permanent Collection of the Museum of Photographic Arts at the San Diego Museum of Art Limited edition of 10 Available at jasonengelund.com
unlabelledView post →@jaysj1.bsky.social reviews THE SUN NEVER SETS for Pop Entertainment www.popentertainmentarchives.com/post/the-sun...
unlabelledView post →On MAYDAY 🫡 "an Olympus Has Fallen type of movie for the Reagan years" - @jacksonweaver.bsky.social On BY ANY MEANS 🤷 "ridiculous but also engaging" - @lizbraun.bsky.social On THE SUN NEVER SETS 🌤️ "thoughtful, heartfelt" - @chrisknightfilm.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
unlabelledView post →Pat McDonalds interview with film maker Joe Swanberg and “The Sun Never Sets” star Cory Michael Smith featuring my exclusive portraits. : ift.tt/EuSM87k #JoeSwanberg #CoryMichaelSmith #TheSunNeverSets #CCFF #starstruckfoto #hollywoodchicago
unlabelledView post →Joe Swanberg’s new #SXSW film THE SUN NEVER SETS hits digital VOD this Tuesday! 🎬 Starring Dakota Fanning, Jake Johnson, and Cory Michael Smith. Don't miss it!
unlabelledView post →THE SUN NEVER SETS: There is something very admirable to the fact that of all the mumblecore filmmakers Joe Swanberg is the only one stubbornly continuing to make romantic dramedies, the deadest of all film genres.
unlabelledView post →I’m seeing the new Joe Swanberg film, THE SUN NEVER SETS, today which reminds me of one of the all-time great tweets
unlabelledView post →Now that summer is over, here's my 2026 Summer Movie Scorecard: Best Movies (Wide): THE ODYSSEY, BACKROOMS, THE INVITE Best Movies (Limited): BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL, GAIL DAUGHTRY & THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS, THE SUN NEVER SETS Worst Movies: ONE NIGHT ONLY, SUPERGIRL, NIGHT NURSE
unlabelledView post →📺More TV on the big screen: Rangos beams in 2 eps of Star Trek TOS. And they've got RoboCop (OG movie) 🎟️AMC Waterfront still indispensable: Dreams in Nightmares, Bethlehem Kudumba Unit, Dear You, Hope, and The Sun Never Sets are some intriguing new ones www.pghcinema.com/listings/c3b...
unlabelledView post →One Minute Movie Review: The Sun Never Sets 🎥🧍♀️❤️💔 #TheSunNeverSets #movie #film #fyp #moviereview Find me on @letterboxd: aliyalangley boxd.it/4mv7t No. 287 Starring Dakota Fanning, Jake Johnson, and Cory Michael Smith.
unlabelledView post →New @cityweekly.bsky.social reviews of this week's theatrical and streaming releases: ONSLAUGHT; COLONY; THE SUN NEVER SETS; MAYDAY; EDIE ARNOLD IS A LOSER. www.cityweekly.net/film/film-re...
unlabelledView post →on god, i will never see the movie The Sun Never Sets that trailer made me want to crawl away on my belly like a ferret
unlabelledView post →The acclaimed drama THE SUN NEVER SETS, starring Dakota Fanning and Jake Johnson, opens Friday, September 4th at the Kiggins! www.kigginstheatre.com/movie/the-su...
unlabelledView post →THE SUN NEVER SETS: As hilarious as it is honest (some A+ rendering of maddening, controlling male behaviour), Swanberg’s first film in 6 years shows his eye & ear for messy relationship dynamics, complex characterisations & capturing peccadillos of millennial entanglements remains intact. #MIFF2026
unlabelledView post →Now watching: THE SUN NEVER SETS (Joe Swanberg) My thoughts on other Swanberg films: jaredmobarak.com/tag/joe-swan...
unlabelledView post →Shot some exclusive portraits this evening with “THE SUN NEVER SETS” Director Joe Swanberg, and one of the stars of the film, Cory Michael Smith. #CoryMichaelSmith #JoeSwanberg #TheSunNeverSets #CCFF #starstruckfoto #hollywoodchicago
unlabelledView post →‘The Sun Never Sets’ Review: Dakota Fanning and Jake Johnson Bring Warm Chemistry to Joe Swanberg’s Wishy-Washy Romantic Dramedy www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
unlabelledView post →5. & 6. THE SUN NEVER SETS: The warmth and groundedness of a Joe Swanberg film is unparalleled. Was overjoyed to get a new movie from him, especially yet another one with a top tier ensemble.
unlabelledView post →"The Sun Never Sets" - new Joe Swanberg #film debuts March 13, 2026 at #swsw schedule.sxsw.com/films/2241474
unlabelledView post →The Sun Never Sets Soundtrack (2026) - Every song played in the movie with Dakota Fanning www.seekertune.com/movies/the-s...
unlabelledView post →The (movie) The Sun Never Sets 1080p (iTunes)(US) $4.99 (Drama) (iMDB) - (Movies Anywhere)
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unlabelledView post →The Snare - The Sun Never Sets - Olmo robinhoodradioondemand.com/podcast/film...
unlabelledView post →With her engaging, complex performance in the new romantic dramedy #TheSunNeverSets, #DakotaFanning further embellishes an acting career that began when she was a kid in the early 2000s. I review the movie & give Fanning her due in @TheVoiceSF.bsky.social: #SFBAFCC thevoicesf.org/dakota-fanni...
unlabelledView post →I can't emphasize enough how good Dakota Fanning is in THE SUN NEVER SETS. This movie probably won't be in theaters very long, so don't miss one of the year's best performances.
unlabelledView post →Next Week in Tickets for 4-10 September: ONSLAUGHT, BY ANY MEANS, FALL 2, AKIRA, DEAR YOU, CARS, THE SUN NEVER SETS (Joe Swanberg in person at @TheCoolidge.bsky.social), MIRZAPUR: THE MOVIE, I'M GAME, SAHAA, ROMANCHAKAM, and DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES open at Boston-area 'plexes (plus HOPE on Wednesday).
unlabelledView post →Movie trailers for September are up. The theme is "were you even trying"? Movies are: Bad Apples, The Sun Never Sets, Heart of the Beast, Charlie Harper, and a few others. vanvelding.blogspot.com/2026/09/movi...
unlabelledView post →"A lot of the things my character struggles with aren’t unfamiliar to me; I have spent years in therapy working against them" Cory Michael Smith in my interview with him, Jake Johnson, and director Joe Swanberg #TheSunNeverSets www.flickeringmyth.com/exclusive-in...
unlabelledView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #TheSunNeverSets #DakotaFanning 'New Girl' Star's Age-Gap Love-Triangle Officially Goes Off the Rails in New Sneak Peek [Exclusive] http://dlvr.it/TV8Xvk
unlabelledView post →Was thrilled with the new film from Joe Swanberg, The Sun Never Sets at The Forum for MIFF 2026 & was thrilled!! Dakota Fanning was great and so was everyone else!! Had fun supporting an independent film for the first time!! #thesunneversets #dakotafanning #miff2026 💖🐺💖
unlabelledView post →We’ve all probably been through episodes of indecisiveness at some point in our lives, experiences in which we can honestly say we really don’t know what we want. Those circumstances can indeed be frustrating, too, leaving us unable to determine which path to pursue. But how we go about fixing such situations is what truly matters most, and this latest effort from writer-director Joe Swanberg is a prime example of what not to do. Thirty-one-year-old Wendy (Dakota Fanning), a construction…
negative · AI labelView post →Watch the Trailer for 'The Sun Never Sets' starring Dakota Fanning, Jake Johnson, & Cory Michael Smith! www.beautifulballad.org/2026/08/03/w...
unlabelledView post →Dakota Fanning and Jake Johnson's relationship in The Sun Never Sets must drive their friends crazy A trailer for Joe Swanberg's new film sees the actors in a high-stakes, up-and-down relationship. #media #news
unlabelledView post →‘The Sun Never Sets’ Trailer: Dakota Fanning Gets Lost in a Love Triangle in One of 2026’s Best Romantic Dramas https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.indiewire.com/news/trailers/the-sun-never-sets-trailer-dakota-fanning-1235204217/
unlabelledView post →Was lucky enough to catch The Sun Never Sets tonight at closing night of the Chicago Critics Film Festival with a special Q&A after with Joe Swanberg and Cory Michael Smith. The movie was great! See it this year when it releases theatrically! #thesunneversets #chicagocriticsfilmfestival #chicago
unlabelledView post →A look at three very different rom-coms at SXSW Film & TV cinemascholars.com/sxsw-film-tv... #sxsw #romcoms #thesunneversets #chasingsummer #lovelanguage
unlabelledView post →The Sun Never Sets, il nuovo film con Dakota Fanning trasforma il triangolo amoroso in un dramma autentico https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.galaxyaddicted.it/2026/04/the-sun-never-sets-dakota-fanning-sxsw/
unlabelledView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieReviews #TheSunNeverSets #JoeSwanberg 'The Sun Never Sets' Review: Dakota Fanning Gets Caught in a Love Triangle in This Solidly Grounded Romance http://dlvr.it/TRgmQ9
unlabelledView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #Exclusives #TheSunNeverSets #JakeJohnson #SXSW 8 Years After 'New Girl,' Jake Johnson Teases His New P.I. Sitcom With 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Co-Creator [Exclusive] http://dlvr.it/TRWm6Z
unlabelledView post →Dakota Fanning and Debby Ryan Premiere 'The Sun Never Sets' at SXSW! www.beautifulballad.org/2026/03/14/d...
unlabelledView post →‘The Sun Never Sets’ Review: A Career-Best Dakota Fanning Navigates Dueling Love Triangles in Joe Swanberg’s Delightful Alaskan Romance https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/the-sun-never-sets-review-joe-swanberg-dakota-fanning-1235184327/
unlabelledView post →So many amazing films premiering at SXSW this year, including THE SUN NEVER SETS, which I was fortunate to work on. Was a blast making the movie in Alaska with the great Joe Swanberg and an insanely talented group of filmmakers, both in front and behind the camera.
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