{"id":13977,"date":"2017-01-14T22:55:54","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T06:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=13977"},"modified":"2017-01-14T22:56:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T06:56:31","slug":"review-stanleyandiris-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2017\/01\/review-stanleyandiris-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Stanley & Iris BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Panned by critics (29% on Rotten Tomatoes), Stanley & Iris<\/em><\/strong> rests almost entirely on the talent, and charms, of the two leads, Jane Fonda and Robert De Niro, rather than the script. Fans of either of these legendary actors will get something out of this rom-melodrama.<\/p>\n

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Stanley & Iris
\n— The Limited Edition Series —<\/span><\/span>
\n(1990)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Romance
\nTwilight Time | PG13 \u2013 104 min. \u2013 $29.95 | January 17, 2017<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 01\/14\/2017 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Martin Ritt
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Pat Barker (novel \u2018Union Street\u2019); Harriet Frank Jr. & Irving Ravetch (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz, Martha Plimpton, Jamey Sheridan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Commentary
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.35
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>NA
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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PLOT SYNOPSIS
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A slice-of-life story, the film focuses on a hard-working widow (JANE FONDA) in a dying New England town who meets up with a diffident cook (ROBERT DE NIRO). As they warily get to know each other, it\u2019s revealed that Stanley, shy but smart, is also, somehow, illiterate; the tender-hearted but go-getting Iris becomes determined to teach him to read.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 1.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with an 8-page essay booklet<\/strong>. The only feature included is an Audio Commentary<\/u><\/strong> with Film Historians Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.25\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Twilight Time releases Stanley & Iris<\/em><\/strong> onto Blu-ray presented with a 2.35 widescreen aspect ratio and given a nice looking 1080p high-definition transfer (MPEG-4 AVC codec). This was a fairly impressive transfer where colors are generally bright and detail quite sharp throughout and there\u2019s fine, natural looking, film grain. I did notice some very minor scratches but nothing distracting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The movie includes a basic but adequate DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 track and with a movie where the bulk is dialogue, it\u2019s perfectly serviceable. There\u2019s not a whole lot of depth but when the score kicks in, the track does come to life.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Overall, panned by critics (29% on Rotten Tomatoes), Stanley & Iris<\/em><\/strong> rests almost entirely on the talent, and charms, of the two leads, Jane Fonda and Robert De Niro, rather than the script. Fans of either of these legendary actors will get something out of this rom-melodrama. The Blu-ray released through Twilight Time offers good video\/audio transfrers.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
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Panned by critics (29% on Rotten Tomatoes), Stanley & Iris rests almost entirely on the talent, and charms, of the two leads, Jane Fonda and Robert De Niro, rather than the script. Fans of either of these legendary actors will get something out of this rom-melodrama.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[4369,1572,25,1892],"class_list":["post-13977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-jamey-sheridan","tag-jane-fonda","tag-robert-de-niro","tag-twilight-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13977"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13979,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13977\/revisions\/13979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}