Please Stand By

2017

Action / Adventure / Comedy / Drama

52
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 56% · 39 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 69% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 15131 15.1K

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Plot summary

A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Star Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood. On an adventure full of laughter and tears, Wendy follows the guiding spirit of Mr. Spock on her journey into the unknown.


Uploaded by: FREEMAN
June 23, 2018 at 02:34 AM

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Dakota Fanning as Wendy
Alice Eve as Audrey
Toni Collette as Scottie
Jessica Rothe as Julie
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1 hr 33 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by imseeg 7 / 10

Touching and uplifting portrait of an autistic girl, who desperatedly wants to write a Star Trek script.

Subtle, true to life and quite touching. "Please Standby" is an uplifting, gentle portrait of an autistic girl, who desperatedly wants to enter a Star Trek script competition. Will she be able to make her dream wish come true and write her Star Trek script and enter the competition?

This movie feels like letting young children ride their bikes for the very first time, slowly disappearing around the corner, where you cant see them anymore. You want to shelter them from any harm, but you have to let go sometimes in order for them to learn to stand on their own two feet.

Dakota Fanning does a good job of portraying a mildly autistic girl, who is trying to break free from her sheltered, yet constrained life. Entering the Star Trek competition is one way of spreading her wings. This story feels like watching puppies fall on their face and climbing up again. Very endearing and with a great uplifting spirit!

Reviewed by MartinHafer 9 / 10

Surprisingly well made....and missing all the expected cliches.

Very few films or television shows talk about folks on the Autism spectrum....and sometimes those which do, present a rather atypical sort of individual. For example, the guy in "Rain Man" is NOT typical of an individual with Autism and these folks having amazing gifts and talents is often not the case. Additionally, you don't really see the continuum of folks with Autism, as there are HUGE differences between many individuals. Some are barely functional, some do okay with assistance and some function perfectly fine on their own...and "Please Stand By" shows a protagonist who might have been labeled as having low to average functioning Apserger's. She can do a lot of things on her own...but also needs some assistance doing everyday things. And, fortunately, the writer, Michael Golamco, did a GREAT job researching how to correctly portray someone with Autism...and Dakota Fanning did a lovely job playing her in the film.

Wendy (Fanning) is an adult on the spectrum. She lives in an assisted living situation and manages to maintain a consistent daily routine. However, the social worker keeping contact with Wendy doesn't realize that Wendy is planning something. Apparently, Wendy is a huge fan of Star Trek and read that there is a script contest...and she's planning on taking her script from the San Francisco Bay area to Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. But she tells no one...possibly because she knows they'll try to dissuade her. Soon, folks are panicked, as Wendy has disappeared on her quest.

I loved so much about this movie. It was NOT predictable and filled with the expected cliches. Wendy was also not stereotypical and the script never relies on cheap sentimentality nor formula. Overall, very well done and educational as well.

Reviewed by siderite 8 / 10

A good story with a deeper meaning

The acting was OK, the direction was decent, but it was the story and the script that shone. Wendy is an autistic girl who wants to submit her script to a Star Trek writing contest. Due to mailing difficulties, lack of foresight and a lot of ignorance and ignoring from the people around her, she is forced to escape the safe environment where she was taken care of and go on a trek herself in order to submit the text personally.

Now, this would have been enough for a movie plot, but beneath it all is the idea that most people are locked into their narratives, alone and lonely, unwilling or incapable of change, of breaking out of their tiny petty little bubbles. Wendy's journey becomes even more epic in comparison to the "normal" people she meets who are not able to make the same effort and care as much as this "disabled" person.

I loved how the ending was as realistic as possible, bitter sweet, because in the end only the hero willing to make the journey has changed and the world stayed the same. I loved the Patton Oswalt scene, BTW. Who else could have played that better?

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