Synopsis
When Stargirl's mother is hired as the costume designer on a movie, they relocate to L.A., where Stargirl quickly becomes involved with an eclectic assortment of characters.
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Cast
- Grace VanderWaalSusan "Stargirl" Caraway
- Judy GreerAna Caraway
- Elijah RichardsonEvan
- Uma ThurmanRoxanne Martel
- Tyrel Jackson WilliamsTerrell
- Judd HirschMr. Mitchell
- Nija OkoroDaphne
- Chris WilliamsGeorge
- Al MadrigalIggy
- Ben GeurensDaniel
- 90
Variety
Hart and her team have carefully and craftily built the ultimate sequel. The narrative advances the perky protagonist’s internal and external objectives with a gentle yet profound arc; technical contributions complement her journey, both visually and sonically. The film never betrays its lead character in any fashion. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Hollywood Stargirl is smart, family-friendly entertainment with the perfect combination of real-world plausibility and magical escapism. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Nothing that happens in Hollywood Stargirl is consequential or surprising. But the cast is likable, the music is good (featuring winning covers of canonical California songs like Brian Wilson’s “Love and Mercy” and Cass Elliot’s “Make Your Own Kind of Music”) and, as with “Stargirl,” there’s a bone-deep decency to this sequel that’s pretty disarming. - 67
IndieWire
Hollywood Stargirl, for all its charm, doesn’t quite hang together as a complete story. It feels like an episode, a vignette, a tiny slice of Stargirl’s remarkable life suddenly turned into a filmmaking parable she’d likely balk at. - 50
The New York Times
Hollywood Stargirl could be seen as a filmmaking exercise. How do you build a story around a character who was auxiliary by design? Hart’s solutions are manifold, but her most effective one is to quash the grating altruism that drove Stargirl in the first movie. - 50
Screen Rant
Sure, the film may feel somewhat tepid in places, and it meanders, but the overwhelming wholesomeness of the picture will make one embrace its simplicity.