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- 2020
- R
- Saban Films
- 1 h 41 m
- 2020
- R
- Saban Films
- 1 h 41 m
Summary When ordered to serve a year in rehab, actress Candy (Drew Barrymore) 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.
Directed By: Jamie Babbit
Written By: Sam Bain
- 2020
- R
- Saban Films
- 1 h 41 m
- 2020
- R
- Saban Films
- 1 h 41 m
The Stand In
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4.5
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Summary When ordered to serve a year in rehab, actress Candy (Drew Barrymore) 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.
Directed By: Jamie Babbit
Written By: Sam Bain
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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29% Positive
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14% Mixed
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57% Negative
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4 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
38
29% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
14% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
57% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
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.
The film allows the scion of one of Hollywood’s most notable families to interrogate her relationship with celebrity in self-aware fashion.
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Based on 8 User Ratings
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 User Ratings
4.5
38% Positive
3 Ratings
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13% Mixed
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50% Negative
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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.
Drew’s still got it even if The Stand-In doesn’t.
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.
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.
The film meanders somewhere between comedy-ish and drama-ish, never managing either.
