

Please Stand By
Boldly go.
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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6.8/10
535 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
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- Language
- English
- san francisco, california
- runaway
- autism
- manuscript
- contest
- los angeles, california
- naive
- tantrum
- bus trip
- script
- chihuahua dog
- group home
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereAustin Film Festival27 Oct 2017
- TheatricalPG-1326 Jan 2018
- Digital / OTTPG-1326 Jan 2018
- PhysicalPG-131 May 2018
United KingdomGB
- Digital / OTT1217 Nov 2025
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalM17 Aug 2018
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1026 Apr 2018
DenmarkDK
- Physical111 May 2018
GermanyDE
- Physical6BluRay27 Jul 2018
IndonesiaID
- Theatrical2 May 2018
IsraelIL
- TV12 Jul 2018
ItalyIT
- PremiereRome Film Festival31 Oct 2017
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTG7 Sept 2018
South KoreaKR
- TheatricalALL30 May 2018
SpainES
- TheatricalAPTA1 Mar 2019
- Digital / OTTAPTA2 May 2019
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Please Stand By was released on 26 January 2018.
Audience reviews
1- R5/10
RalphRahal
2/18/2025
Please Stand By (2017) is a heartwarming yet flawed movie that follows Wendy, a young autistic woman with a passion for Star Trek. The plot is engaging and makes you root for her, but some scenes feel forced or out of place. The directing leans too much into making other characters seem unreasonably harsh, which might have been intentional to reflect Wendy’s perspective, but it ends up feeling unrealistic. The cinema…
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