Stanley and Iris

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Stanley and Iris ★★ ½ 1990 (PG-13)

Blue collar recent widow Fonda meets co-worker De Niro, whose illiteracy she helps remedy. Romance follows, inevitably but excruciatingly. Leads' strong presence helps along a very slow, underdeveloped plot. 107m/C VHS, DVD . Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz, Martha Plimpton, Harley Cross, Jamey Sheridan, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Zohra Lampert, Loretta Devine, Julie Garfield; D: Martin Ritt; W: Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch; M: John Williams.

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