
Stanley & Iris
Taste attributes: dramaromanceslowwholesomerealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiplove conquers all
"Some people need love spelled out for them."
Boxlist takeA stirring, good-natured romantic drama: unhurried and grounded. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
Quality rating
6.5 /10
TMDB · 103 votes
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What lines up
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury
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Synopsis
An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Directed by
- Martin Ritt
Cast
- Jane Fonda
- Robert De Niro
- Swoosie Kurtz
- Martha Plimpton
- Jamey Sheridan
Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











