What’s the Story?

DARCY'S WILD LIFE transplants a teen girl from Malibu to a small rural town so she can have a taste of a normal childhood. Darcy's movie star mom wants a more normal and realisitc life for her daughter. Darcy (Sara Paxton, Aquamarine) gives up her glamorous parties and exotic vacations and instead settles in to a life spent doing chores, hanging out with eccentric locals, and holding down a part-time job with the local veterinarian, where she makes friends with his no-nonsense daughter, Lindsay (Shannon Collis).

Is It Any Good?

In true slapstick tradition, everything is exaggerated for comic effect, and whatever Darcy tries to do goes wrong -- if she chops wood, she topples over backwards; if she milks a cow, she must chase it around the barn. Most of the locals, in their own way, are even goofier than Darcy (Lindsay seems to be the only sane one around), and comic mayhem ensues at every turn. But everything always turns out well, and Darcy's good heart and loving relationship with her mother save the day.

The humor is less than hilarious, and the comic situations (based as they all are on Darcy's inability to master the simplest skills) can get old. There's no real harm here, but you also won't be missing much if you choose to tune out.

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TV Show Details

TV Rating

TV-Y7

Network

Discovery Kids

Cast

Kevin Symons
Sara Paxton
Shannon Collis

Genre

Comedy

Where to watch

Discovery Kids

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