Product Details

• Actors: Robbie Bryan, Daniel Margotta, Joseph Barbara, Jaid Barrymore, Christie Botelho
• Directors: Roberto Monticello
• Writers: Robbie Bryan
• Producers: Robbie Bryan, Daniel Margotta, Christie Botelho, Aaron Waiton
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Unknown)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Indie DVD
• DVD Release Date: February 25, 2003
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00007G1VX
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #352,663 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Stand-In" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Brian Roberts (Robbie Bryan) has it all... a beautiful girlfriend (Kelly Ripa), a promising law career, and a loving family. There is just one problem: his lifelong dream of becoming an actor. When a college professor convinces Brian to follow his dreams, he risks everything and moves to New York. Can Brian capture his dream and win back the love of his life? "The Stand-In" is based on the true story of a struggling actor, Robbie Brian ("Brian Roberts" in the film ) who found a living as a stand-in for Michael J. Fox ("Mitchell K. Wolf" in the film).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A sweet movie about following your dreams, March 25, 2003

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filmlvr "travlbum2" (Matawan, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Stand-In (DVD)

Bought this film because I am a fan of Kelly ripa's and she is very good, but I was touched by the dear little film that shows the very difficult aspect of trying to make it as an actor.

I REALLY enjoyed the subplot including the wonderful performance of A Differnt World's Lou Myers, as the former Negro League baseall player that the main character befriends in the nursing home. He was funny brash and poignant.

Photography was nothing special, many medium shots, but just a sweet tale that I thoroughly enjoyed.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Charming, if a little raw, May 4, 2006

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indie fan from NY (NY, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Stand-In (DVD)

This is a very charming story about a person trying to go after the dream of becoming an actor. A story heard before but told in a very true sense and the many comedic pitfalls that befall someone pursuing this goal. Kelly looked very pretty, but I agree in one of the other reviews that Lou Myers stole the show as Half-Step Wilson. A cute independent film.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible, December 7, 2006

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UES - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Stand-In (DVD)

The idea is not a bad one: a New Jersey boy decides not to go to law school after college and instead heads to New York to fulfill his dream of being an actor. In the process, he disappoints his working-class father, loses his beloved girlfriend, and meets humiliation and failure.

The execution, unfortunately, is awful. Except for a very young Kelly Ripa, who plays the role of the girlfriend quite charmingly, the actors are just awful. You'd think Robbie Bryan would be believable in the part of the struggling actor, since he wrote the movie, which is based on his own life story, but I'm afraid Mr. Bryan has absolutely no talent whatsoever. The rest of the cast is not much better and the directing manages to be clichéd and slightly ridiculous.

Unless you want to be an actor, and need to be reminded that the path is hard and the odds of success are minimal, there's no reason to see this movie.