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Star Darlings

By Emily Ashby, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 7+

Visually impressive Disney series with strong female roles.

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age 18+

Based on 1 parent review

age 18+

Star Darlings is the best!

The scenery is galactic, the characters are sparkly, and also the battle between the Star Darlings and Lady Rancora is epic! I don’t know why the series would be cancelled, so for the creators who made it, please bring it back! I love this show! Plus, Cassie (who loves reading and has a cute glowfur), Piper (who is colored aqua green, my favorite color), Vega (who is blue and is very smart), Libby (who is pink and spunky), Scarlet (a total lone wolf but also very cool), Tessa (who is an excellent cook), Adora (who loves science and fashion), and Sage (who is so determined and adventurous) are my favorite SDs!

This title has:

Great messages
Great role models

Is It Any Good?

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This quality Disney production is a visual treat with characters whose individuality literally sparkles around them. They're colorful and full of exuberance, and their 12 distinctive personalities promise that viewers will find at least one favorite among them. As role models go, kids could do worse than any of the Star Darlings, who share admirable qualities such as kindness, selflessness, and the deep desire to help others achieve their dreams at the same time they work toward their own.

Geared toward tweens, STAR DARLINGS reminds viewers that appreciating your own uniqueness is preferable to following someone else's lead. It's fun to see the characters' reactions to humans' traditions involving wishes (blowing out birthday candles and dropping pennies in a fountain, for instance), and there is much humor that tweens will appreciate. Less appealing is the frequent word substitution using "star" in every part of speech ("Oh, my star!" and "That's starry," for example), which gets tiresome after a while.

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