Storyline
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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Cast
Dakota Fanning, Patton Oswalt, Matt Corboy, Beatrice Miller, Alice Eve, Toni Collette, Michael Stahl-David, William Stanford Davis, Jessica Rothe, Marla Gibbs, Robin Weigert, River Alexander, Stephanie Allynne, Tony Revolori, Laura Innes, Rigo Obezo, Matthew Cardarople, Heath McGough, Farrah Mackenzie, Bill Kottkamp, Joseph Williamson, Poppy Gagnon, Shawn Roe, Lara Lihiya, Dan Cordell, Presley Haslam, Madeleine Murden, Amy Tolsky, Edward Hong, B Z Cullins, Ana Rey, Elaine Anne Furst, Cuete Yeska, Mario Revolori, Elliott James Thomas Moore
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Reviews
75
It’s a long haul, but Please Stand By, meticulously directed by Ben Lewin (The Sessions), chronicles the pitfalls, terrors and triumphs of the trip with heart-wrenching realism.
70
[Fanning] plays Wendy as a person and not a condition.
70
It’s a relief to see an autistic woman played as more than simply a bundle of symptoms.
50
Slant Magazine
Dakota Fanning's Wendy is less a truly thought-through character than a compendium of quirks.
50
It’s hard to be persuasive, though, when your protagonist comes across as a collection of quirky tics rather than a credible human being.
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