Customer Reviews

The Stand-In

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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.

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.

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.

This is the story of a young man who heads to New York to follow his dream of being an actor. It shows how hard it truly is to break into the business, even if a star recommends you for a job.

If you are getting this because you are a Kelly Ripa fan, she does play her part well. But she is not a main character in the movie. I would have rated this movie only one star, but as others have said, the sub-plot with Lou Myers. He plays a former Negro League baseball player who is bitter and becomes friends with the main character played by Robbie Bryan. And the fact this independent film actually placed their parents home on the line to get it made. I would watch it to follow the sub-plot with Lou Myers.

Actually, I give this HOME MOVIE at big fat ZERO! I bought it at a dollar store for 5 bucks. Not worth it! It's just one of those cheapy jobs. The girl only shows up a few times, which is good since this Robbie guy looks like Jerry Lewis. He wrote the script: just as bad as his acting! I think the director won an award. I hate to see the films that lost. In one scene, the camera is behind the open door, and we don't see the girl until she enters the room. Any scenes that may be a little interesting were not filmed because of cost, like at the baseball game. Some of these films are ok, but not many.

This film doesn't do it for me. Except for Kelly Ripa who was wonderful in her role. The film was very self indulgent.