The Sky Is Everywhere (2022)

The Sky Is Everywhere is special because it treats teenage grief and first love not as tidy plot points, but as a storm of feeling—messy, musical, and weirdly beautiful—captured with Josephine Decker’s dreamlike visual imagination. Grace Kaufman gives Lennie a raw, lived-in tenderness, letting you feel how art can be both escape hatch and lifeline as she’s pulled between a bright new connection and the gravity of what’s been lost. Set amid redwoods and oversized roses, the film has a romantic, lyrical vibe that turns emotion into atmosphere, like a song you can’t quite shake. It won’t be for viewers who prefer straightforward realism over surreal flourishes, but if you’re open to a heartfelt, visually expressive coming-of-age drama, it’s a bracingly sincere watch.

The Sky Is Everywhere is aiming for a lyrical, music-soaked portrait of teen grief and first love, with director Josephine Decker leaning hard into dreamy imagery and emotional intensity. If you like grounded coming-of-age dramas, you may find the style a bit much and the pacing uneven, with big swings that sometimes feel more like mood than story. The love triangle elements and familiar beats can also undercut the rawness it’s reaching for, and some characters don’t feel fully anchored beyond what the plot needs. That said, the setting is gorgeous, the performances are earnest, and if you’re in the mood for a heightened, poetic melodrama rather than a tidy narrative, it can still land.