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Please Stand By

2018 · 93 min

A gentle, quirky road trip that balances humor and heart as it follows an earnest outsider chasing her dream.

Directed by
Ben Lewin
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Tagline
Boldly go.
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Ben Lewin
Genres
Comedy, Drama
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • road trip
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Ben Lewin
Written by
Michael Golamco
Starring
Dakota Fanning, Alice Eve, Toni Collette, River Alexander, Shawn Roe, Tony Revolori, Lexi Aaron, Michael Stahl-David
Music
Heitor Pereira
Cinematography
Geoffrey Simpson
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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