‘Cookie Queens’ Review: A Slick and Skeptical Documentary Explores the Cutthroat World of Girl Scout Cookie Season

Alysa Nahmias’ “Cookie Queens” (EP’d by the real-life royal duo of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle) follows an ethnically and economically diverse, too-cute-for-words quartet of girls, ages five to 12, during Girl Scout cookie season. It’s that most consumerist time of the year when troop members race to hawk as many Thin Mints and Do-si-dos over a six-week period in order to reach their individual predetermined sales goals (and thus win prizes, including international trips for the highest earners).

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