SummaryWhen 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
The Stand In
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Generally Unfavorable
38
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
29% Positive
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Dec 10, 2020
70
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.
Dec 9, 2020
63
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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38% Positive
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Dec 23, 2020
10
Drew always killing it. Its a soft movie that made me laugh and reflect how medie attacks people.
Apr 14, 2021
4
Drew Barrymore plays both leads: An obnoxious comedy movie star AND her demure stand in. After the star crashes into disgrace and seclusion, she hires her stand-in to take her place. Even though this is billed as a comedy, there’s NOT ONE FUNNY MOMENT. The personal interactions never mount much heft, so it’s not really a drama either. Basically, it seems like an opportunity for Barrymore to double up, which she does fine. Just wish she’d had a more amusing/less predictable script or director Jamie Babbit had brought some of her comic abilities from Silicon Valley to bear. Even the usually-funny TJ Miller (who’s back from exile after his Silicon Valley debacle) if flat.
Dec 13, 2020
60
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.
Dec 9, 2020
33
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.
Dec 10, 2020
30
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.
Dec 14, 2020
25
The film meanders somewhere between comedy-ish and drama-ish, never managing either.
Dec 22, 2020
3
Drew Barrymore has not done anything relevant for years. Maybe Santa Clarita Diet was salvageable, but even her talk show ****.
If this is her approaching her sunset, it's definitely a very sad way to do it. And this is more than anything because she was committed to the role, but the film is really bad.
