Overview
A poignant exploration of love and loss that transcends time and death.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- witty
- warm
- heart-wrenching
- emotional movie night
- family viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film's emotionally balanced direction, intelligent structure, and strong principal performances for making a tragic true story funny, believable, and deeply moving.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Aisha announces her death at the outset and guides the audience through her family's history from an afterlife perspective.
Aisha's sardonic voice, quippy dialogue, and bright emotional register repeatedly coexist with pulmonary fibrosis and family loss.
Aditi and Niren's enduring partnership is tested and defined by their daughter's illness and the demands of family care.
The couple's 25-year love story is filtered through teenage daughter Aisha's sassy, sardonic viewpoint.
Films like The Sky Is Pink, and why
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
shared biographical drama, family bonds, illness, grief, and a balance of humor with emotional devastation
The Fault in Our Stars
shared true-story romance, terminal illness, intimate family relationships, and bittersweet emotional tone
P.S. I Love You
shared life-spanning love story, grief, family devotion, and warm tragicomic sentiment
Kal Ho Naa Ho
shared Indian family drama, romantic devotion, illness, and cathartic emotional storytelling
Movie Details
- Director
- Shonali Bose
- Release Date
- 2019-10-11
- Runtime
- 143 min
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 (80)
Cast
- Priyanka Chopra Jonas
- Zaira Wasim
- Farhan Akhtar
- Rohit Saraf
- Manas Mittal
- Rajshri Deshpande
- Sunil Chitkara
- Lushin Dubey
- Nirupama Verma
- Gurpal Singh
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
- Rent
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies
- Buy
- Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Sky Is Pink about?
- A fiercely funny daughter narrates her family's decades-long love story as illness, devotion, and grief reshape their lives.
- What is The Sky Is Pink like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Sky Is Pink as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Sky Is Pink violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Sky Is Pink.
- What did critics think of The Sky Is Pink?
- Critics broadly praised the film's emotionally balanced direction, intelligent structure, and strong principal performances for making a tragic true story funny, believable, and deeply moving.
- Which films are like The Sky Is Pink?
- Films with a similar feel include Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, The Fault in Our Stars, P.S. I Love You, and Kal Ho Naa Ho.
- How long is The Sky Is Pink?
- The Sky Is Pink runs 143 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Sky Is Pink?
- In United States, The Sky Is Pink streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
