Synopsis
When ordered to serve a year in rehab, actress Candy hires her on-set stand-in to take her place. The unassuming woman flips the script and steals her identity, career and boyfriend in this hilarious comedy about trading places.
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Cast
- Drew BarrymorePaula / Candy
- Michael ZegenSteve
- T.J. MillerLouis
- Holland TaylorBarbara Cox
- Michelle ButeauIngrid
- Teddy ColucaRon
- Andrew RannellsNico
- Wendy MeredithKyra
- Ellie KemperJenna Jones
- Charlie BarnettSimon
Recommendations
- 70
Los Angeles Times
The movie is Barrymore’s, of course. Even after the initial jolt of seeing her as a cursing hellion and an ambitious hanger-on wears off, she does not disappoint. - 63
Slant Magazine
The film allows the scion of one of Hollywood’s most notable families to interrogate her relationship with celebrity in self-aware fashion. - 60
CNN
As movies go, The Stand In certainly isn't a headliner. Yet like its title character, the movie and its star get about as much mileage as they can out of this opportunity. - 38
Movie Nation
Drew’s still got it even if The Stand-In doesn’t. - 33
IndieWire
Whatever The Stand In wants to announce itself as, no amount of bald-faced lies and winking observations about Hollywood can change what it really is: a bad movie, made worse by all the wasted possibilities. - 30
Variety
Ultimately, the only respectable thing that remains consistent throughout The Stand In is the beguiling appeal Barrymore brings to both of the personalities, even though neither of them is particularly likable. - 25
RogerEbert.com
The film meanders somewhere between comedy-ish and drama-ish, never managing either.
