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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT EAN: 9780792859291 Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0792859294 Item Dimensions: Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Languages: Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) MPN: 1005907 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 13, 2004 Running Time: 104 minutes Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: February 09, 1990 Editorial Review: Product Description: Man and woman. Student and teacher. Stanley and Iris. Two great stars (Leonard Maltin) Oscar® winners* Jane Fonda and Robert De Niro light up the screen in this bold tender and quietly noble love story (The Hollywood Reporter) from the creators of Norma Rae.He s a shy illiterate short-order cook who s never taken a chance at love. She s a newly widowed factory worker who s vowed to never love again. But as their friendship slowly blossoms and Iris helps Stanley learn to read his strong yet gentle kindness helps mend her broken heart. And where once two lonely strangers stood trapped within the past Stanley and Iris can now begin a new chapter of their lives together.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 027616901378 Manufacturer No: 1005907 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - DE NIRO AND FONDA ARE GREAT IN THIS ROMANTIC DRAMAThis is a very uplifting story that proves it's never too late! De Niro and Fonda are believable as the two co-workers who help each other and fall in love. This is a well acted well, written story with a lot of heart. Rating: - Prison lifeI have watched this movie many times and each time I come away with a renewed sense of hope. We all have something in our lives to overcome and that is what this movie is about, overcoming obstacles, especially those that bring our lives to a halt and keep us in our own prisons. In fact, the most descriptive line comes from Stanley (Deniro) when Iris (Jane Fonda) remarks to him how impressed she is with his construction of a bread cooler, despite his illiteracy. In a paraphrase, his reply is that ... Read More Rating: - A Love Story about LiteracyIris 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 ... Read More Rating:  - An Important Subject with Two Stars Meandering Through a TV-Movie-Level VehicleAs the last film directed by the redoubtable Martin Ritt, this 1990 drama is full of good intentions about adult illiteracy and has two proven star actors, Jane Fonda and Robert DeNiro, in the lead roles. Nonetheless, it rarely hovers above the level of a Lifetime TV-movie, as the story amounts to a series of episodes around the burgeoning relationship between Iris, a recently widowed worker in a pastry factory and Stanley, a quiet, illiterate cook who likes to invent mechanical contraptions in the privacy ... Read More Rating: - Real RomanceI'm not big into romance movies. However, this one is a solid winner worthy of your time spent watching it. Good story, solid acting, strength shown throughout. Enjoy! |
