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Title: Stargirl (2020)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Grace VanderWaal | ... | Stargirl Caraway | |
| Graham Verchere | ... | Leo Borlock | |
| Giancarlo Esposito | ... | Archie | |
| Maximiliano Hernández | ... | Mr. Robineau (as Maximiliano Hernandez) | |
| Karan Brar | ... | Kevin Singh | |
| Annacheska Brown | ... | Tess Reed | |
| Collin Blackford | ... | Benny Burrito | |
| Allison Wentworth | ... | Dori Dilson | |
| Juliocesar Chavez | ... | Alan Ferko | |
| Artemis | ... | Mallory Franklin | |
| Julia Flores | ... | Summer | |
| Gabriella Surodjawan | ... | Kim | |
| Shelby Simmons | ... | Hillary Kimble | |
| John Apolinar | ... | Wayne Parnell | |
| Alex James | ... | Zack James | |
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 roller-coaster ride of emotions. A celebration of individuality, kindness and the power of the human spirit, "Stargirl" is directed by Julia Hart from a screenplay by Kristin Hahn and Julia Hart and Jordan Horowitz based on the novel by Jerry Spinelli. The film stars singer/songwriter Grace VanderWaal in her film debut, Graham Verchere, Karan ...
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Stargirl is not perfect; some scenes are perfect, and they are the ones with Grace in centerscreen or with Graham. But there were some where her novice acting ability was apparent. Those are few and far between. For those scenes I fault the director - I wish Ms. Hart would have used a different take on those occasions.
I'm glad the movie doesn't follow the book exactly. The book was much darker, nastier, and meaner than the movie. I did miss the pebble wagon though. I thought that was an integral part of Stargirl's thought process and how she lived her life. The essence of the story remains, however.
I don't understand some of the negative reviews; although the supporting characters are necessary and provide much-needed distraction, I don't feel it necessary to give them any more airtime than they got. Karan Arjun did a great job as Graham's antagonist and comes off as the better actor; that's likely due to more experience in front of the camera. The 2000 vs. 2020 comparison is sort of meaningless if you understand the true theme of the movie.
Which, in my opinion, is redemption. Without giving too much of the plot away, the penultimate scene at the Winter Ball was subtle yet historic. I can't recall any other film that expresses the love of one person for another as what Stargirl does for Leo. This was not in the book; Ms. Hart did take some liberty here but it's well worth the difference.