Prestige The Stickman

Prestige the Stickman is a 2020 American musical romantic drama film based on the fanfiction of the same name, entering theaters in 2021, the film stars a stick figure named Prestige, who comes to life one day.

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, with the voice talent of Kurt Scholler. The film was released in 20201. The film has received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised Hart's direction and the nostalgic tone.

Plot
In 1986, NASA discovers something that shocks the world: People made out of stars. This gets people talking about this milestone. The sky sends down serval grubs, guarantee a coming of them, The early events "Trollman and Rage Comic be Coming to Town" happen, 8 months before the first flight, more younger grubs are born with the same colors and genders of their older siblings are born, the events of "Sollux The Lazer Eyed Grub" occur.

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, this gives life to the statue Prestige The Stickman (Kurt Scholler). 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, much to Prestige's disappointment.

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 they lost, Prestige is infuriated and everyone hates Stargirl, though most students are able to get Prestige's spirit back up. Leo's friends are upset, but forgive him and apologize for being distant with him. Kevin invites Stargirl onto his show so to explain herself. Stargirl reveals that her real name is Susan; she chose Stargirl because she is made of stars. The audience of students turns on her when a 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, Prestige realizes the school is corrupted and he needs to find his true call, but slips on what he assumes is Stargirl's blood, he gathers serval students and makes an impression on them by teaching them a song called "Births of the World"

eo 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, this does not help. 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. At Prestige's order, Leo divorces Stargirl.

Stargirl sends Leo her collection of records, a record player and an invite for a "big surprise" at the dance, where Prestige is found by two strangers named Trollman and Rage Comic, two memes, he is excited to meet them, and he is hyped up when he meets the duo's team: Mituna, Eridan, Kankri, Tarvos, Karkat, Equius, Cronus, Kurloz, and Sollux. Prestige becomes great friends with the Lazer Eyed Grub, and they come up with a plan.

Leo arrives, Stargirl reveals her surprise: him singing in front of everyone. Prestige and his friends crash the party and join Leo who gets up and performs his and his father's favorite song, "Just What I Needed", leading everyone to dance in the courtyard. Stargirl smooches Hillari on the cheek, it turns out that Prestige has called the police on Hillari, and Stargirl disappears from the party. Prestige leaves Mica, and Leo discovers that Stargirl moved away, but she has influenced the school in a positive way, and they eventually win more trophies. Leo continues to get ties from Stargirl, and Archie reveals that she collected information on the townsfolk to help them. Even after graduating college, Leo never forgets what Stargirl did for him ("Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)").

In a post-credits scene, at an unspecified time, Stargirl sings a song to Leo ("Today and Tomorrow").

A sing along of "Prestige the Stickman" is then played.

Live Action Cast
Grace VanderWaal as Susan "Stargirl" Caraway

Graham Verchere as Leo Borlock

Enzo Charles de Angelis as Leo age 8

Giancarlo Esposito as Archie Brubaker, Leo's mentor

Karan Brar as Kevin Singh, Leo's best friend

Atharva Varma as Kevin age 8

Darby Stanchfield as Gloria Borlock, Leo's mother

Maximiliano Hernández as Mr. Robineau

Annacheska Brown as Tess Reid

Collin Blackford as Benny Burrito

Allison Wentworth as Dori Dilson

Juliocesar Chavez as Alan Ferko

Artemis as Mallory Franklin

Julia Flores as Summer

Gabriella Surodjawan as Kim

Shelby Simmons as Hillari Kimble

John Apolinar as Wayne Parnell

Alex James as Zack James

Lucinda Marker as Principal Sutters

Sara Arrington as Ana Caraway

Damian O'Hare as Leo's Dad

Voice Cast
Kurt Scholler as Prestige the Stickman

Dwayne Hill as the orb that provides Prestige's soul.

Justin Long as Trollman

Seth MacFarlane as Rage Comic

Freddie Highmore as Mituna

Owen Vacaro as Eridan

Logan Lerman as Kankri

Thomas Barbusca as Tarvos

Chandler Canterbury as Karkat

Phillip Daniel Bolden as Equius

Milo Parker as Cronus

Pierce Gangon as Kurloz

Noah Schnapp as Sollux

Songs

 * 1) Prestige The Stickman (A parody of Frosty The Snowman)- Grace VanderWaal ft Kurt Scholler
 * 2) Leo
 * 3) Cake for One
 * 4) Be True to Your School (Acoustic) – Grace VanderWaal
 * 5) Cinnamon
 * 6) We Got the Beat – Grace VanderWaal
 * 7) Mudfrogs
 * 8) Thirteen – Big Star
 * 9) Mica Fight Song – Mudfrog Marching Band
 * 10) Be True to Your School – Grace VanderWaal
 * 11) Thirteen – Grace VanderWaal & Graham Verchere
 * 12) I Like Who I Am
 * 13) Have You Ever Seen a Flower Grow
 * 14) This Kid, Lying in the Middle
 * 15) Just What I Needed – Graham Verchere
 * 16) Susan Caraway
 * 17) Stargirl
 * 18) Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) – Grace VanderWaal
 * 19) Next Episode Cover- Kurt Scholler, Noah Schnapp
 * 20) Today and Tomorrow – Grace VanderWaal
 * 21) Thirteen (Bonus) – Grace VanderWaal
 * 22) Sollux The Lazer-Eyed Grub (A Parody of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer)- Kurt Scholler, ft Justin Long