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65% Critic Match
Stanley & Iris
“Some people need love spelled out for them.”
6.5 / 10• 1990• 1h 44m•PG-13• English
DramaRomance
Storyline
An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.
Cast & Crew
Jane Fonda
Iris King
Lead
Robert De Niro
Stanley Cox
Swoosie Kurtz
Sharon
Martha Plimpton
Kelly King
Jamey Sheridan
Joe
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Leonides Cox
Zohra Lampert
Elaine
Loretta Devine
Bertha
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Martin Ritt's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Stanley & Iris is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
