Leo Borlock (Graham Verchere) is an average student at Mica High School. He gets decent grades, is a member of the school's marching band and has always been content flying under the radar. But all that changes when he meets Stargirl Caraway (Grace VanderWaal), a confident and colorful new student with a penchant for the ukulele, who stands out in a crowd. She is kind, finds magic in the mundane and touches the lives of others with the simplest of gestures. Her eccentricities and infectious personality charm Leo and the student body, and she quickly goes from being ignored and ridiculed to accepted and praised, then back again, sending Leo on a rollercoaster ride of emotions.
As you can guess from the poster, Stargirl is a Disney+ exclusive film, meaning it wasn’t released in theaters. If it were, it would’ve suffered the same fate as Onward: Tank at the box-office because of the Corona Virus.
As for the film itself, I thought Stargirl was okay. It has believable cinematography, strong acting, and life-like sets and backgrounds. Stargirl herself reminds me very much of Dora Marquez in Dora and the Lost City of Gold, as both characters are optimistic, innocent, wear clothes that they may be too old for, and have pets that you normally don’t find as pets (a rat named Cinnamon).
However, this movie is actually about Leo. He’s okay, but he’s kind of one-dimensional. All we know about him is that he has a deceased father and likes to wear ties.
In conclusion, Stargirl is a perfectly fine film, though not one that I recommend. However, I would choose it any day over the mess that was A Wrinkle in Time. I just hope that the next three movies I review, Mulan 2020, The Water Horse, and Jim Henson's The Witches, will be better.
Rating: 3.4 stars out of 5
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