Stanley & Iris (1990)
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Cast
as Iris Estelle King
as Stanley Everett Cox
as Sharon
as Kelly King
as Richard King
as Joe
as Leonides Cox
as Elaine
as Bakery Foreman
as Bertha
as Belinda
as Melissa
as Bernice
as Muriel
as Joanne
as Jan
as Mr. Hentley
as Mr. Hagen
as Mr. Delancey
as Librarian
as The Pursesnatcher
as Bakery Foreman
as Oscar Roebuck
as Park Ranger
as Nurse
as Apple Picker Foreman
as Man in Car
as Street Kid
as Street Kid
as Bellhop
Critic Reviews for Stanley & Iris
All Critics (14) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (10) | DVD (3)
The elements are in place but they don't add up to great drama in this well-meant effort to personalize the plight of illiterate people.
The ending, despite good intentions, is American cinema at its tackiest and most hollow.
It's as honest and direct and entertaining as the considerable talents of everyone involved can make it.
Here, in a movie less animated than a barrel of tree sloths, Ritt encourages stale performances and a pace as dull as more tree sloths.
McAlpine may be the movie's smartest contributor. He alone seems to realize that this pedantic project will soon be graduating into home-video or classroom use.
While some of the sloppy filmmaking can be forgiven, the film's core message cannot.
Audience Reviews for Stanley & Iris
If you need 90 minutes of a feel-good movie, this one is the one for you.
Super Reviewer
Very good movie with De Niro & Fonda :)
Super Reviewer
Sappy, sweet and sentimental. A nice little romance with a message about literacy and family values.
Super Reviewer
Stanley & Iris Quotes
| Iris King: | Stanley, are you proposing to me? |
| Stanley Everett Cox: | I suppose I am. |
| Iris King: | You know what you're taking on? There were seven visits to the doctor last year, five to the dentist, and winter coats,summer coats, tennis shoes. We're a noisy family, Stanley. We've got a lot of arguments, baby crying, a lot of TV. You sure you wanna take this on? |
| Stanley Everett Cox: | I'm here. |