Please Stand By (2017)

Directed by

Ben Lewin

Genre

road movie

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 522 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman with autism runs away from her group home to deliver a Star Trek script to a Hollywood contest. She faces a series of small obstacles on her journey, while her sister worries and searches for her.

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What happens

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. After playing at various film festivals, the film was simultaneously released theatrically and on-demand on January 26, 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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