Stanley & Iris

1990 | 104 minutes | 6.4 ★ (143)

Stanley & Iris
  • Overview

    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.

  • Release Date

    09 February 1990

  • DirectingMartin Ritt
  • Budget

    $23,000,000.00

  • Revenue

    $5,820,015.00

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