IMDb plot summary: Stargirl Caraway as she journeys out of Mica into a bigger world of music, dreams and possibility.
Directed by Julia Hart. Starring Grace VanderWaal, Elijah Richardson, and Judy Greer.
Hollywood Stargirl is a Disney coming-of-age story about a high schooler who moves to a new town and works to make new friends and follow her dreams of being a musician. This is apparently a sequel to Stargirl, which in turn is based on a fairly well-known young adult novel that I've never read, but I'm curious as to whether the character in the novel is as insufferable as the movie. This is the definition of a Manic Pixie Dream Girl, set up initially to be somebody who has trouble connecting with others but within a day or two of living in a new place has diehard friends, because she's just so magical people are drawn to her. Now, granted, the actress playing her is extremely charismatic and sells the character as much as I think anyone could, and this does feel more like one of Disney's theatrical releases than a straight-to-streaming optionin terms of how the story is structured. However, it still is moving so many mountains to make things just fall into place for this character that she never gets an actual character arc that makes any sense. I might have identified more with this when I was the main character's age, but I think even then I would have realized how unrelatable she was to me.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Hollywood Stargirl < The Anderson Tapes
Hollywood Stargirl > Susannah of the Mounties
Hollywood Stargirl < Adam
Hollywood Stargirl > Bandidas
Hollywood Stargirl < Doctor Zhivago
Hollywood Stargirl > Bronson
Hollywood Stargirl < August: Osage County
Hollywood Stargirl > A Dangerous Method
Hollywood Stargirl < The Fighter
Hollywood Stargirl < The Fifth Element
Hollywood Stargirl < Hitch
Hollywood Stargirl < The Lords of Salem
Final spot: #2540 out of 3803, or 33%.
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