Hollywood Stargirl Review: Charming Feel-Good Movie That Meets Expectations
Stargirl Caraway is back to teaching people to stay true to themselves and believe in the magic of kindness in Hollywood Stargirl. After changing the lives of the students of Mica High in 2020's Stargirl, the dazzling heroine sets off to the West Coast to change more lives and see what adventure her dreams take her on. For the sequel, writer-director Julia Hart and co-writer Jordan Horowitz stray from Jerry Spinelli's sequel novel, Love, Stargirl, but keep much of the same themes and broad experiences the character has from the book.
Hollywood Stargirl follows Susan «Stargirl» Caraway (Grace VanderWaal) as she moves to Los Angeles with her mother, Ana (now played by Judy Greer). As Ana pursues a new career opportunity, Stargirl feels agitated about the constant moves and her inability to stay in one place long enough to make a real friend. Not long after moving in, Stargirl attracts the attention of Evan (Elijah Richardson), her new neighbor. Evan is an ambitious young man chasing his Hollywood dream by making a film with his older brother Terrell (Tyrel Jackson Williams). Luckily for him, his leading lady shows up just in time, and it just so happens that Stargirl can relate to his story. Like in the first film, Stargirl's effervescent quality and unrelenting kindness and spirit will change everyone around her — even herself.
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In the sequel, Stargirl is seeking companionship, one that doesn't come at the cost of her conforming, as was the case with Leo and the students of Mica High in the first film. By setting the story in Los Angeles, Stargirl's eccentric style and outward acts of kindness are not viewed as abnormal (at least to a certain extent). There is
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