Stargirl Movie Storyline. After Leo Borlock’s father died, he began to wear a porcupine tie in remembrance of him. At a new school, he was beaten up and his tie was cut. Since then, on each birthday, he has received a new porcupine tie from an unknown person, but he does not wear them in public. In high school, Leo (Graham Verchere) plays trumpet in the marching band and helps his friend Kevin Singh (Karan Brar), a member of the A.V. club, host an interview show.
One day, a free-spirited girl, Stargirl Caraway (Grace VanderWaal), arrives and makes an impression on Leo when she sings “Happy Birthday” to him on a ukulele in front of the school. Later, while their losing football team, the Mudfrogs, are playing, Stargirl performs a song, “Be True to Your School”, that energizes them, and they almost get their first win. Kevin and Leo invite her onto their show, but she politely declines.
Stargirl becomes a good luck charm for the football team when she sings “We Got the Beat”. She begins hanging out with Leo and tries to get him to come out of his shell. Archie (Giancarlo Esposito), the owner of the local paleontologist camp, tells Leo that Stargirl, lives with her single mother and was homeschooled much of her life. She learned about Leo through Archie.
Later, Stargirl tries out for the Speech regionals against Kevin and wins with her unusual speech on rats. While anonymously returning a bike to a boy who was in the hospital, Leo mentions the ties, but Stargirl denies any knowledge of it. Stargirl gives a song suggestion to Leo (“Thirteen”) and kisses him for the first time. They begin dating.
During the big game, one of the opposing players is severely injured. Stargirl rides with him to the hospital, confusing everyone. Afterward, Leo tells Stargirl that everyone was demoralized and that the school lost. The next day, the students are hostile to Stargirl. Leo’s friends are upset, but they forgive him and apologize for being distant with him.
Kevin invites Stargirl onto his show to explain herself. Stargirl reveals that her real name is Susan; she chose Stargirl because everyone is made of stardust. The audience of students turns on her when a popular student named Hillari (Shelby Simmons) scolds her for inconsiderately returning a bike to her brother, who was permanently injured while riding it. Stargirl runs off in tears.
Leo suggests that Stargirl act like everyone else, much to her consternation, but she starts calling herself Susan and wearing clothes like those of her classmates. At the Speech regionals, Leo asks her to the Winter Dance, and she accepts. Stargirl is about to give a speech on internet privacy, but shifts to a speech on flowers, which wins her first place. Although it is the very first trophy won at the school, nobody pays attention to it. Stargirl decides that being Susan betrays her identity. Leo begins to feel awful, but gets encouragement from his mother (Darby Stanchfield) and Kevin.
Stargirl is a 2020 American jukebox musical romantic drama film based on the novel of the same name by Jerry Spinelli that debuted on Disney+. The film explores the tense emotions, non-conformity and self-expression of teenagers in high school, and the exuberance of first love.
The film is directed by Julia Hart, produced by Kristin Hahn, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Lee Stollman and Jordan Horowitz from a screenplay written by Hahn, Hart and Horowitz, and stars Grace VanderWaal and Graham Verchere. The film was released on March 13, 2020. The film has received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised Hart’s direction and the nostalgic tone.
Filming was originally scheduled to commence in the fall of 2015 in New Mexico. Principal photography was delayed, however, until September 2018 in New Mexico and wrapped on November 16, 2018. Filming locations in the state included Albuquerque and Truth or Consequences.
Directed by: Julia Hart
Stargirl (2020)
Starring: Grace VanderWaal, Graham Verchere, Enzo Charles, Giancarlo Esposito, Karan Brarr, Atharva Varma, Darby Stanchfield, Maximiliano Hernández, Annacheska Brown, Collin Blackford
Screenplay by: Kristin Hahn, Julia Hart, Jordan Horowitz
Production Design by:
Cinematography by: Bryce Fortner
Film Editing by: Shayar Bansali, Tracey Wadmore-Smith
Music by: Rob Simonsen
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures
Release Date: March 13, 2020 (United States)
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