Darcy's Wild Life (2004–2006) User Reviews

kids show with animals

[SnoopyStyle · 6/10 · 3 July 2016]

Victoria Fields is a Hollywood actress who moves to the country with her daughter Darcy Fields (Sara Paxton). Darcy is a fish out of water. She gets a job at the animal clinic Creature Comforts run by Dr. Kevin Adams. She befriends the daughter reasonable Lindsay, young Jack Adams, the bumbling Eli, and sweet Kathi Giraldi.

This is a smaller kids show filmed in Canada. It's a lot of wacky characters doing wacky things. There are lesson to learn and friends to make. There are two things I like about this show more than the standard Disney kids shows. It doesn't take place in an artificial colorful indoor set. It's outdoors half the time. It also has lots of little animals. It's more organic. Sara Paxton is good as the Hollywood girl. The kids are nice. It's a nice show.

A wonderful diversion

[rscampb · 27 February 2005]

My family loves this show, it has become a Saturday afternoon staple for our family. The stories could be a bit more fleshed out, instead of having two stories running simultaneously they should concentrate on one, but for a 30-minute family show it is very good. I think that Shannon Collis and Sara Paxton are a terrific team and they are even better when they include they include the third girl (sorry I don't recall her name). The only negative comment I can make is about the Jack character. Andrew Chalmers plays him very well, but they just do not make good use of him. And you just can't miss the antics of the farmhand Eli. Even if you do not care for girls Kerry Saxena's slapstick comedy is worth watching.

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[lunademar1 · 10/10 · 28 June 2006]

Darcy's Wild Life, starring the highly gorgeous Sara Paxton, is so incredibly amusing from the way that I view it. The characters and the stories here really sparkle. I discovered the series on NBC one Saturday a few weeks back. The series has become a surefire favorite with me. Paxton is a very cute girl. I hope that her personality never, ever changes! Her attractive looks really captivate me. She also has a vast amount of charisma to go along with her stylish appearance. I hope that this show stays on NBC for a great while because I can't get enough of what this program generally showcases. This is a series that just about anybody of any age can thoroughly enjoy. I love you Sara!

Actually pretty good!!!

[starry-eyed-girl · 8/10 · 30 August 2006]

Okay, I think Darcy's Wild Life is a good show with a fresh idea. A teen girl who's the daughter of a movie star is living the good life until her mom decides she wants to try a different sort of life and they move to a small town called Bailey. There, Darcy gets a job at a vet's office, and it's a pretty good show. When i first started watching it, i thought it was boring, but when i watched it more, i loved it!!! It seems like it's the typical story of rich-girl-moves-to-country, but it's different and it's a really good show. Every episode is almost always different, and there are really good actors in the show and a lot of them are pretty good singers as well. Darcy's Wild Life is a pretty good show.

Darcy's Wildlife is funny and enjoyable

[rspearson · 18 January 2005]

Darcy's Wildlife is one of the best shows on Saturday morning. It's hard to not like Sara Paxton and Shannon Collis. They have natural acting ability and their comic timing is perfect. This weeks show was about a Hollywood reporter who was interviewing them with the twisted intent to make Darcy's mother look like a idiot or crazy person. Darcy is shocked that a "entertainment journalist" would stoop so low. Lessons are learned and he is taught one in the end. Great stuff. I really like the bloopers from that weeks taping that are shown at the very end. This series should be a hit and I look to see Sara and Shannon a lot in the future!

Melanie Leishman

[Ragnarok-5 · 10/10 · 16 February 2005]

Why isn't Melanie Leishman on the list of actors who are on the show? She is in the opening credits, and she is in a fair number of the episodes. Sure, she does not have a big role in the series. The little kid is in more scenes than her. Still, she is a part of the show. So could you please add her to the list of actors on IMDb.com? I tried looking her up and its as if she does not exist.

I'll give an alternative review of whoever gave their review of this show since I have to give 10 lines for a comment. I think this is a nice show, and is better than Lizzie McGuire. I don't think this will be the greatest show of all time, but its cute, and its fun to watch. Its a lot more entertaining than that Simple Life.

A Fun Show!

[bozley_sherbert330 · 8/10 · 8 June 2006]

I like to watch this show practically every night. In fact, I am watching it RIGHT NOW! I think that it's a really funny show, and I love all of the animals that are on it! It's a funny and optimistic show, that sort of always turns out good in the end. The characters are almost always optimistic and happy, and it's a very cheery show! Sometimes it can be really funny, except for how fake some of the falls that Eli makes! I like this show though, and almost any age can watch it! You will probably think that this show is funny too, and you might find yourself wanting to watch it every night like I do, only quite often repeats ARE on it. You will probably enjoy this show too! The acting in it is also not bad! Which may come as a shock to some people, b/c a lot of the time the acting that teens do on shows is awful!

I'll be first to comment

[galinda · 9 October 2004]

Okay, I've only seen two episodes of this show so far so maybe it's too quick to judge but so far I'm just not seeing the potential. This show is made by the same producers of the uber hit Lizzie McGuire and I've seen articles saying they expect the star Sara Paxton to break out similar to Hilary Duff. I am far from a Hilary fan but I do admit she has an on screen charisma and charm. Sara is okay in the role of the fish out of water city girl who is forced to move to small town America, but I'm not feeling star power. Maybe it's the weak script or the overdone premise, but I'm not buying it. What saved Lizzie McGuire is an overall decent ensemble cast which kept things lively and interesting even when the plots became absurd. Darcy's Wild Life does not have this. Shannon Collis does a good job as Lindsay and I think she is more interesting than the main character, but overall the cast has limited chemistry. As I said, it's early goings to maybe it will get better but so far, I'll pass.

casting question

[tawidmerfoe · 8/10 · 29 April 2007]

first, i think it is a great teen show, 95% clean, fun, some action, good characters, although eli is a bit over the top, and mostly original, if a bit goofy, story lines. the people playing all the parts are very natural and great! too bad sara paxton is the only one who really has done anything else, would love to see more, esp, from shannon!

but who is the girl who plays phoebe, the "girlfriend" of the boys? she looks really familiar, but cannot find her in any of my usual sources? she is great, and incredible facial expressions!

also, not arguing or anything, just curious, why the 10 line limit?

any help would be appreciated. thanks!

Supporting Wildlife Conservation

[trainhensley · 10/10 · 3 August 2007]

This is a Great Show with Sara Paxton staring as a Wildlife Conservation just like The Late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin who died in 2006 of getting a Stingray Barb to the Heart and with Darcy's Help,She and Bindi Irwin can help keep Steve's Dream alive just like Bindi wants to do, She wants to help Endangered Wildlife like her Father did and Darcy is a Great Animal Lover like Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin and She and Steve's Daughter Bindi can help Support Conservation and keep Wild Places Wild and Bring The World to peace and Darcy and Bind would change the World with Wildlife like Steve did.

RIP STEVE IRWIN, We'll miss ya, Mate !

This show is so incredible!

[astro_92 · 22 October 2005]

Darcy's Wild Life, starring the highly gorgeous Sara Paxton, is so incredibly amusing from the way that I view it. The characters and the stories here really sparkle. I discovered the series on NBC one Saturday a few weeks back. The series has become a surefire favorite with me. Paxton is a very cute girl. I hope that her personality never, ever changes! Her attractive looks really captivate me. She also has a vast amount of charisma to go along with her stylish appearance. I hope that this show stays on NBC for a great while because I can't get enough of what this program generally showcases. This is a series that just about anybody of any age can thoroughly enjoy. I love you Sara!