Stargirl
Disney+ | Release Date (Streaming): March 13, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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88
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMar 12, 2020
Nearly every step of the way, Stargirl finds just the right notes to find the right side of the line between precious and lovely, between arbitrary and plausible, between serendipitous and condescendingly magical. Read full review
75
Film ThreatAlan NgJun 30, 2020
If you persevere, Stargirl will grow on you and ultimately pays off. Read full review
75
IndieWireJude DryMar 14, 2020
Hart guides the actions with a sensitive and joyous hand, luxuriating in the palette of Arizona’s arid desert and gaping badlands. Read full review
70
Vanity FairRichard LawsonMar 26, 2020
There’s something sweetly clumsy about how Stargirl invites us back in time, to twenty years ago, when such a made-up person might have surprised and delighted us. Stargirl is a strange but not unwelcome reminder of that fact. How quaint of us. How quirky, really. Read full review
70
VarietyCourtney HowardMar 13, 2020
While it suffers from a rocky beginning with burdensome amounts of kook and quirk, the unfolding spell it subtly casts holds profundity and wisdom. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaMar 12, 2020
The story is struck from a familiar template: inactive protagonist, dead parent, worries about popularity, a regional competition looming. But the film distinguishes itself from there, largely due to the direction of “Fast Color’s” Julia Hart. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJason BaileyMar 12, 2020
Stargirl was published twenty years ago, and its age occasionally shows in this adaptation; some of the story beats and character qualities (particularly those of the rather precious title character) have congealed into cliché. But Hart (who wrote the screenplay with Kristin Hahn and Jordan Horowitz) is such an enchanting filmmaker, her storytelling style so warm and welcoming, that those concerns fade. Read full review
60
SlashfilmJosh SpiegelMar 26, 2020
Stargirl is a slight, but cute teen dramedy. Read full review
53
PolygonPetrana RadulovicMar 18, 2020
The plot about being true to yourself is still relevant, but Stargirl addresses it at a surface level, without ever really going beyond the main character’s mildly quirky aesthetic. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyMar 13, 2020
The best thing about Stargirl is that Big Star's yearning ode to adolescence "Thirteen" is played in its entirety not once, but twice. If Stargirl introduces a new generation to the wonder that is Big Star, it will have done more than enough. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineSteven ScaifeMar 9, 2020
It comes across like yet another casualty in the long line of stories about men having their eyes opened by their angelic girlfriends. Read full review
40
EmpireBeth WebbMar 25, 2020
At a time when teen outsiders are having their time in the spotlight, Stargirl feels like a relic, and a prompt for Disney to do a better job at capturing contemporary high-school culture. Read full review
40
Screen RantMolly FreemanMar 11, 2020
Disney's Stargirl is a mediocre teen movie about individuality and growing up, lacking the magic to make this manic pixie dream girl story work. Read full review
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