I like Please Stand By a lot - especially the performance by Dakota Fanning as our autistic heroine is excellent. The story is here and there maybe a little too predictable and sugar candy but there is also a good shot of bitter-sweet pain. All in all a fine little flick that shows a little fairy tale embedded in every day life. My rate = 6 + 1 for Dakota's superb game.

Subtle, true to life and quite touching. "Please Standby" is an uplifting, gentle portrait of an autistic girl, who desperatedly wants to enter a Star Trek script competition. Will she be able to make her dream wish come true and write her Star Trek script and enter the competition?

This movie feels like letting young children ride their bikes for the very first time, slowly disappearing around the corner, where you cant see them anymore. You want to shelter them from any harm, but you have to let go sometimes in order for them to learn to stand on their own two feet.

Dakota Fanning does a good job of portraying a mildly autistic girl, who is trying to break free from her sheltered, yet constrained life. Entering the Star Trek competition is one way of spreading her wings. This story feels like watching puppies fall on their face and climbing up again. Very endearing and with a great uplifting spirit!

Very few films or television shows talk about folks on the Autism spectrum....and sometimes those which do, present a rather atypical sort of individual. For example, the guy in "Rain Man" is NOT typical of an individual with Autism and these folks having amazing gifts and talents is often not the case. Additionally, you don't really see the continuum of folks with Autism, as there are HUGE differences between many individuals. Some are barely functional, some do okay with assistance and some function perfectly fine on their own...and "Please Stand By" shows a protagonist who might have been labeled as having low to average functioning Apserger's. She can do a lot of things on her own...but also needs some assistance doing everyday things. And, fortunately, the writer, Michael Golamco, did a GREAT job researching how to correctly portray someone with Autism...and Dakota Fanning did a lovely job playing her in the film.

Wendy (Fanning) is an adult on the spectrum. She lives in an assisted living situation and manages to maintain a consistent daily routine. However, the social worker keeping contact with Wendy doesn't realize that Wendy is planning something. Apparently, Wendy is a huge fan of Star Trek and read that there is a script contest...and she's planning on taking her script from the San Francisco Bay area to Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. But she tells no one...possibly because she knows they'll try to dissuade her. Soon, folks are panicked, as Wendy has disappeared on her quest.

I loved so much about this movie. It was NOT predictable and filled with the expected cliches. Wendy was also not stereotypical and the script never relies on cheap sentimentality nor formula. Overall, very well done and educational as well.