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    Please Stand By

    PG-132018 · Comedy drama · 1h 33m

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    • Please Stand By Review | Cinemablend
      • Tonally, Please Stand By is a tightrope walk from beginning to end, but ultimately deserves appreciation for its balance. Up front, there is the serious potential to be too mawkish or saccharine, but it never lets things get too melodramatic, and all of the genuine performances buy back a lot of the wonderful sweetness that the film has to offer.
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  1. “Please Stand By” is a sensitive character study whose story beats are a little bit overly familiar, to be frank. Dakota Fanning is excellent as Wendy. The former child star has grown up to proportions that could be described as rangy, and Fanning in particularly uses her arms to convey the character’s social awkwardness, often flailing ...

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  3. Please Stand By hits a number of familiar coming-of-age beats, but adds just enough of a Trek-fueled twist to keep things interesting. Read Critics Reviews

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    • Ben Lewin
    • PG-13
    • Dakota Fanning
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  4. Jan 25, 2018 · Please Stand By. Directed by Ben Lewin. Comedy, Drama. PG-13. 1h 33m. By Jeannette Catsoulis. Jan. 25, 2018. Dakota Fanning is now 23, yet still has the air of a fragile child. And in Ben...

    • Ben Lewin
  5. Please Stand By sets you up to fear and cheer for a girl outside her element, and with some suspension of disbelief in its portrayal of autism, is a heart-warming success. Full Review | Jul...

  6. Jan 26, 2018 · A young autistic woman (Dakota Fanning) runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Star Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood.

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    • Ben Lewin
    • PG-13
    • Dakota Fanning
  7. Jan 26, 2018 · The bulk of Please Stand By tracks Wendy’s escape from the home and inept journey to L.A. after she realizes that the mail won’t get her Star Trek script to Paramount by the deadline. That’s...

  8. Please Stand By is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed by Ben Lewin and based on the 2008 short play of the same name by Michael Golamco, who also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Dakota Fanning, Toni Collette, Alice Eve, River Alexander and Patton Oswalt, and was distributed by Magnolia Pictures.

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