Please Stand By 2017

     Wendy has autism, she is high functioning, she lives with Scottie and Scottie's son Sam.  Scottie has been working with Wendy since her mother passed away.  Wendy’s sister Audrey is married and she has a young daughter.  She didn’t think she could take care of Wendy herself but she is planning a visit soon.  Audrey is very nervous about relating to Wendy.  It is announced that Paramount Studios is having a contest for a new Star War’s script.  Wendy writes a script but she didn’t get to put it in the mail on time.  She decides to leave the home where she lives with Scottie and Sam.  She’s going to get a bus to Los Angeles.  Wendy has a little dog Pete and he wants to go with her, she doesn’t want him to go but she can’t get Pete to go home??  They get on the bus and Pete needs to pee!!  The bus driver tells Wendy that the restroom is broken? Pete pees in the bus aisle and the bus driver immediately stops the bus to let them out at the side of the road!!

     Pete can't help it!!  He's just a little dog, he loves Wendy and he didn't want to stay home!!  Production teams for Star Trek, Deep Space Nine and Star Trek Voyager never ran a script writing contest.  They did allow amateur writers in the general public to submit episode scripts for consideration.  Some scripts were actually filmed.  I thought it was interesting how her autism drives the daily life of Wendy.  It also determines how her sister and other people around her react to her behavior.  She is very determined and she doesn’t allow very much to stop her goals.  3* (This movie is OK)

83 min, Drama directed by Ben Lewin with Dakota Fanning, Toni Collette, Alice Eve, River Alexander, Marla Gibbs, Jessica Rothe, Michael Stahl-David, Presley Haslam, Elaine Anne Furst, Poppy Gagnon.

Note:  Imdb 6.8 out of 10, 65% critic 69% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.4* out of 5* with 119 reviews, Roger Ebert 2 ½*, Metacritic 49 out of 100 with 12 critics 7.3 out of 10 with 14 reviews.

Special Note:  Filmed in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California.  There is a mistake when Wendy’s recites her daily schedule.  She says to herself to get on the 321 bus but when the bus arrives it is the 0614 bus.