Twenty-something Alan (Gleeson) is down on his luck. Stood up at the altar and recently fired from his banking job, he finds himself working with his mother as a part-time tourist advisor at Dublin Airport. It's there he comes face to face with first love Alice (Paré), stuck on standby for a flight home to New York. Their summer romance ended eight years previously with Alan promising to return to the US one day. He never did, and they haven't spoken since. Seizing his chance, Alan convinces a reluctant Alice to stay one more night in Dublin. Over the course of an unforgettable evening, they may just realise that they are more compatible than ever. But time is running out on this brief encounter. When does an unexpected second chance, become the one you've always been looking for?
Standby has generally received mixed reviews.
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Standby was released in 2014 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 11 reviews, giving Standby (2014) an average rating of 49%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 75%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 69%.
With a score of 49%, Standby is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2014, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2014 with similar scores include films like Automata and Winter's Tale.
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