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Please Stand By (2018)

★ 6.8 · 515 ratings on TMDB

Boldly go.

Please Stand By poster★ 6.8

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.

DirectorBen Lewin
CastAlice Eve, Dakota Fanning, Jessica Rothe, Lara Lihiya, Lexi Aaron, Michael Stahl-David
GenresComedy, Drama
The emergence reading

Please Stand By keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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