The Stand Up is a 2010 drama film written and directed by David Wexler

David Wexler (writer/director)

David Wexler is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Wexler is a New York City native and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he majored in Communication Arts....

 and stars Jonathan Sollis, Margarita Levieva

Margarita Levieva

Margarita Levieva is an American actress. Born in the Soviet Union, she was a professional gymnast before going on to star in the films The Invisible, Adventureland and Spread.-Personal life:...

, Arija Bareikis

Arija Bareikis

- Biography :She starred alongside Rob Schneider as Kate in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and currently is cast as LAPD police officer Chickie Brown, in the police drama series Southland, which originally aired on NBC before moving to TNT in 2010....

, and Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn

-Early life:Quinn was born in Chicago, Illinois to Irish parents. He was brought up as a Roman Catholic and raised in Chicago and Rockford, Illinois, as well as in Dublin and Birr, County Offaly in Ireland. His mother, Teresa, was a homemaker, and his father, Michael Quinn, was a professor of...

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Plot

After his girlfriend's tragic death, devastated stand-up comic Zoe Hardwick drops his budding career on stage and moves back home. But when his father, the principal of an elementary school, lands him a gig teaching kindergarten, Zoe finds himself standing before a very different demographic.

Cast

• Jonathan Sollis as Zoe Hardwick
• Margarita Levieva
  Margarita Levieva
  Margarita Levieva is an American actress. Born in the Soviet Union, she was a professional gymnast before going on to star in the films The Invisible, Adventureland and Spread.-Personal life:...
  
   as Veronica
• Aidan Quinn
  Aidan Quinn
  -Early life:Quinn was born in Chicago, Illinois to Irish parents. He was brought up as a Roman Catholic and raised in Chicago and Rockford, Illinois, as well as in Dublin and Birr, County Offaly in Ireland. His mother, Teresa, was a homemaker, and his father, Michael Quinn, was a professor of...
  
   as Sandy Hardwick
• Jonathan Reed Wexler as Clem
• Arija Bareikis
  Arija Bareikis
  - Biography :She starred alongside Rob Schneider as Kate in Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and currently is cast as LAPD police officer Chickie Brown, in the police drama series Southland, which originally aired on NBC before moving to TNT in 2010....
  
  as Mrs. Rundgren
• Julia Dennis and Miranda
• Justine Cotsonas as Rosaline
• Quinn Broggy as Ethan
• Jennifer Mudge as Mrs. Schumacher