Stanley & Iris
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Movie Reviews of Stanley & Iris
Movie Review: Very Touching!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie really touched me. Fonda and DeNiro are great and very believable. It's refreshing to see this type of movie based on characters.Movie Review: Stanley and Iris
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the best movies I have seen. It really shows how a disability can affect everything you do in life.Movie Review: LOW-KEY BUT DELIGHTFUL BLUE-COLLAR ROMANCE
Summary: 4 Stars
Like your sentimental flicks fudge-free? Rent this one pronto, if only for the numbing serenity of a tamed De Niro and a button-down Jane Fonda. No big-budget romantic histrionics here. Neither of them particularly original in how they approach their characters: Fonda a plucky, quietly sensible working mother in the face of hardships, De Niro a man who works in a cafeteria kitchen and cleans lavatories. But originality is not really what's needed in this simple film about simple people and their loves beneath the stars. It is easy to see why films like this get glossed over come Oscar time, but it's unfair. All characters have their particular voices and seem refreshingly authentic. So, to a surprising degree, does the movie. Don't read too much of the plot, it should make for an excellent rental for a leisurely afternoon.Movie Review: A Love Story about Literacy
Summary: 4 Stars
Iris is a widow struggling to support her two children as well as her sister and terrible brother-in-law. Her life gets even worse when her daughter announces that she's pregnant. Iris has become friends with Stanley, a cook at her company's cafeteria. When it becomes obvious that Stanley cannot read he loses his job. Iris is determined to teach Stanley to read. The most touching scene in the film is when Stanley explains to Iris what it is like trying to hide the fact that he can't read. (I would like to show this clip when I'm giving talks about the need to support adult literacy programs.)
This film only received modest reviews when it was released, but I think it's a wonderful story about people struggling to maintain their family life against terrible obstacles.
Movie Review: Terrific performances.
Summary: 4 Stars
Maybe you've forgotten that Robert DeNiro was once considered America's best actor. Maybe his constant involvement these days in lousy projects (Showtime, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Hide and Seek, et al) has diminished his reputation? Well, Stanley & Iris is a terrific place to go to see him at his guarded, emotionally tight best.
This is a middle-aged love story, about two people whose lives have been difficult, and who need each other more than they know.
While the direction and story are somewhat weak, the characters of Stanley and Iris and DeNiro and Fonda's performances make the film.
Here you will find excellent acting, genuine vulnerability and and angle of repose and beauty.