Please Stand By (2017) (original) (raw)
An autistic young woman leaves her supervised group home and embarks on a perilous journey to Paramount Studios, where she is determined to submit her manuscript for a Star Trek writing competition.
An autistic young woman leaves her supervised group home and embarks on a perilous journey to Paramount Studios, where she is determined to submit her manuscript for a Star Trek writing competition. (less)
Director: Ben Lewin
Writer: Michael Golamco
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Toni Collette, Alice Eve, River Alexander, Patton Oswalt, Marla Gibbs
Producer: Todd Wagner
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Review by Brian Orndorf, February 1, 2018
4 / 10
Perhaps the only thing impressive about �Please Stand By� is how production actually manages to secure footage and logos from �Star Trek� to tell a different story about the famous franchise. It seems a little effort was spent on the picture to create its reality of brand worship, but not enough was allotted to the rest of the endeavor, which offers uneasy bouts of quirk to help butter up what should be a terrifying tale of unsteady independence. Perhaps the original screenplay by Michael Golamco was something far more in-depth when it comes to the details of mental health, but director Ben Le ...read more...
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