Customer Reviews

Stanley & Iris

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

I have to admit I have a thing for Jane Fonda and her blue eyes and endless different facial expressions. Her acting in this movie was no disappointment. I'm not the world's biggest fan of Robert DeNiro like the rest of the world but his acting was also very good. I actually related to both characters. I can forgive some weaknesses in script and editing in a movie like this. I thoroughly enjoyed it as a break from the movies about rich, extroardinary people doing unbelievable things. What a nice concept that two shy, no-longer-twenty-something ordinary people can help each other conquer their fears and weaknesses in an honest relationship. While most movies portray the guy getting the girl with relative ease, Stanley has to struggle.

I love this movie. In a world where movies consist mostly of horny school kids and people who only believe in multiple sex partners and drive by shootings, this movie is such a refreshing change. It concentrates on normal people just trying to make lives for themselves. This is a movie that probably most of middle America can relate to on some level. Jane Fonda is beautiful, and Robert DeNiro is so sweet and endearing. Yeah, it's a chick flick...you got a problem with that?

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.

If you've had enough of invincible heroes and and fearless characters that look their enemy in the eye and with a stupid smirk say "hasta la vista ..baby!", then it's time for a movie like this one. Where the biggest enemy is our own fear. DeNiro and Fonda are great and so is the movie. Don't miss it.

Personally, I found this movie to be true to life. Robert DeNiro's performance was outstanding, as was Jane Fonda's. Some of us have been vulnerable like these 2 people and reached out to someone else for help. The message about illiteracy was a good one, as well. Some people do "fall through the cracks" as children due to family circumstances; their education is woefully inadequate. This is a movie I watch when I want a low-key story that is heartwarming, and hopeful. In today's hectic, rushed world, this type of story is a blessing.

This 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.

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.

This video/DVD was a great discovery for me, as a teacher of Middle School kids, who need ANY TRICK IN THE BOOK to catch their attention in order to help them see the NEED to DO WHATEVER IT TAKES to be a better reader or to motivate any shift in thinking or caring. This is a SUPER tool (similar to the idea that came of passing out a copy of a page in the State Driver's License Manual and a page of the License Practice Test. In other words, asking figuratively with the use of these 2 mediums, "How BADLY do you WANT to drive?" or "How BADLY do you want to have a JOB or KEEP a job?" or "How BADLY do you want to AVOID being mortified with embarassment in any adult settings?" "Do you want these BAD enough to WORK HARD at READING?" (Though the movie is NOT rated "R," I did edit out a couple of obviously questionable parts so that I would NOT get into ANY trouble with parents/district).

One of the best movies I have seen. It really shows how a disability can affect everything you do in life.

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.