The Stand In is an exercise in cinematic soul-sucking banality.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Sep 9, 2022

Even Barrymore's boundless charm can't save The Stand In.

| Apr 15, 2021

It's a feature length revenge fantasy, in which the adoring civilian finally finds out firsthand how exhausting and dehumanizing it is to be a celebrity.

| Mar 22, 2021

Despite some funny bits, "The Stand In" is more of a drama about those who make comedies, somewhat like Judd Apatow's "Funny People." If you go into it knowing this, it'll take you far less time to plug into it.

| Original Score: B | Jan 19, 2021

This satire misfires.

| Dec 19, 2020

More sophisticated than it looks, this comedy takes the tropes of the raucous gross-out movie and twists them into an engaging and refreshingly offbeat rom-com.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 19, 2020

A missed opportunity...a hapless mixture of drama and farce that wastes some good performances, including two by Drew Barrymore.

| Original Score: C | Dec 17, 2020

Unlikable Barrymore comedy has drug use, lots of swearing.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 16, 2020

[The] lack of consistency leaves you wondering just what the aim was. Of course, if the goal was a movie that can't figure out if it's Bowfinger or Single White Female, well ... mission accomplished?

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 14, 2020

By the time the credits roll, The Stand In only really asserts itself as something which would have benefitted from being trimmed down into a situational parody for an episodic television show.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 14, 2020

It's worth watching for fans, former fans, and non-fans of Drew Barrymore.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Dec 13, 2020

In a role seemingly written for Melissa McCarthy, Drew Barrymore makes this film a fun two hours and reminds us of how much we enjoy her on screen.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 12, 2020

With sitcom-level depth and labored jokes, this comedy squanders a charismatic dual performance by Drew Barrymore and a premise ripe for self-aware satire.

| Dec 12, 2020

The Stand In is an enjoyable comedy about modern movie celebrity.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 12, 2020

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 11, 2020

The film's meanders somewhere between comedy-ish and drama-ish, never managing either.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Dec 11, 2020

Drew Barrymore's sweet charm always shines through the screen; it tends to lift indifferent material.

| Dec 11, 2020

While Barrymore throws herself into her dual roles with enthusiastic aplomb, this is a sluggish, brazenly unlikeable comedy-drama hybrid that's one of the year's more disappointing failures.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 11, 2020

Either skip it or have your own doppelganger watch instead of wasting your time.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Dec 11, 2020

Drew is appealing, but the jokes in this showbiz farce miss more often than they hit.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 11, 2020