Summary
Candy (Drew Barrymore) is a washed-up movie star, busted for a tax evasion, who hires her unemployed, adoring stand-in Paula (also Drew Barrymore) to do community service in her place. However, a weird co-dependent relationship ensues as Candy begins to use Paula as a stand-in for all parts of her life to escape from the stressful demands of fame. Eventually, Paula starts to take over Candy’s identity, career and boyfriend, finally kicking Candy out of her own house, where she is forced to survive in the real world for the first time while Paula lives the celebrity life of her dreams. That is until her boyfriend discovers the truth about the woman he’s been sleeping with…What do you think of The Stand In? Add your rating!
