Stanley & Iris
A struggling widow falls in love with an illiterate short-order cook whom she teaches to read and write in her kitchen each night.
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"Working girl Iris (Jane Fonda) keeps bumping into Stanley (DeNiro), a cook. After realizing that he can't read, she accidentally gets him fired. After some ups and downs, Stanley asks if she will help him learn to read. More ups and downs. Of course they fall in love. But there's more to the story. Some other fun people in here - Swoosie Kurtz is her sister; Kathy Kinney (Mimi from Drew Carey) is a coworker. Feodor Chaliapin was Grandfather in Moonstruck. Stephen Root (Newsradio, Milton from Office Space) is Mr. Hentley at the nursing home. It's pretty good. It's a SLOW mov..."
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After completing this film, Jane Fonda took a fifteen year hiatus from acting until Monster-in-Law (2005).
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A struggling widow falls in love with an illiterate short-order cook whom she teaches to read and write in her kitchen each night.