The characters and settings are vibrant, and there is a good, strong message about being yourself, not judging, and having guts.
By side-stepping digital inputs, Belles has excelled at analogue amplification, but those with digital sources or anyone thinking of sampling a streaming service or dabbling with hi-res downloads may unfortunately reject this fine machine out of hand.
Izzie was definitely an admirable character and while we can all learn a little something from her, I found her cousin Mira to be much more interesting.