Wordiezett So much average

Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

dougzed We have both an autistic granddaughter and a chihuahua living with us, so this movie was a perfect evening's entertainment. Wonderful acting by so many of the characters. The story does a beautiful job of conveying how people on the autistic spectrum are often mistaken as fully functioning and capable individuals on first impression....and how many of them have intense focus and resourcefulness when it comes to dealing with the things that matter to them. And the script had so many brilliant little plot twists......My favorite perhaps was the policeman who happens to be fluent in Klingon. You'll just have to watch the movie if you want to know the rest. :-)It's a beautiful little movie with a feel good ending.

westsideschl Although institutionalization was shown as a very intimate & positive environment, which is a positive, in many cases it's not so homey and in fact even in small family placement the adopting family can be in it mostly for the large amount of money allocated for care each month. Anyway, enjoyable story. Acting was good all around although autistic portrayal a bit too cinematic. Would have been interesting to have Elle Fanning aged to play the role of the elder sister. Odd closing scenes where Wendy's (Dakota) chihuahua, Pete (which he performed skillfully), was able to find his way home not to Wendy's home institution, but to her sister's house. Also, that the house had an unexplained "For Sale" sign in the yard.

Lee Eisenberg The most famous depiction of autism on the silver screen is Dustin Hoffman's performance in Barry Levinson's "Rain Man". More recently, that portrayal has drawn criticism for what's gotten seen as a hyperbolic representation of the condition. Ben Lewin's "Please Stand By" is a more nuanced depiction, with a young woman on a journey to a submit a Star Trek script. Some of the things that the movie shows her doing - i.e., trying to block out noise - are in fact the sorts of things that people on the autism spectrum will do.I hope that this movie draws more attention to autism. There are apparently more diagnoses of it than ever before. This could be due to increased understanding leading to more diagnoses, or because there are in fact more people on the autism spectrum than ever before. Whatever the case, I recommend the movie.

astolfoniba If you're watching this movie just because the girl is autistic you're an awful human being, instead of making something based of something real they just create this movie to pretend that these things could really happen and maybe it could happen but it's just a fantasy, maybe a dream.