Stanley and Iris is a beautiful little gem of a movie. Wonderful acting, Wonderful authentic locations, and a beautiful score by John Williams.
@AMERASIAN12
2 жыл бұрын
AMEN.
@sahej6939
Жыл бұрын
It also makes me cry 😢and I think it’s a drama 🎭
@markelijio6012
Ай бұрын
Stanley & Iris was the final American picture from the Oscar nominated filmmaking team behind Hud and Norma Rae: director Martin Ritt and writers Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank. A romantic film that did some good business despite a series of production problems. A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture. Peace!!!
@kurzrock
2 жыл бұрын
Intelligent and sharp reviews. I miss these two very much.
@oldfashionedguy1368
3 жыл бұрын
It's ironic that when they reviewed the critically panned Loose Cannons, they didn't mention the fact that the film was directed by Bob Clark whose credits include Porky's 1 & 2 and A Christmas Story.
@knownpleasures
2 жыл бұрын
Umm Porkys 1 was a huge box office hit
@theessentials450
7 ай бұрын
And is still unfunny trash
@theessentials450
7 ай бұрын
A Christmas story is still amazing
@sonnyroy497
2 жыл бұрын
I love Stanley and Iris ♥️.
@patrickthomas8890
2 жыл бұрын
Deeply flawed and corny movie…but it was enjoyable. De Niro and Jane Fonda were good. Both very charismatic people who saved a melodramatic, under-written and over-cheesy movie.
@ElvisPresley420
4 ай бұрын
Stanley & Iris is a great movie. Most De Niro and Fonda movies are Awesome
@sdrawkcabUK
3 жыл бұрын
Hah I quite liked that scene with De Niro reading aloud in the library - schlocky, yes, but fun
@bowlineobama
8 ай бұрын
Siskel & Ebert, rest in peace. I agree with Ebert. It is a wonderful movie. It is my favorite Robert DeNero and Jane Fonda movie. It is not just about someone who can't read, it is also about love story as well. I don't know why Siskel is so hard on Jane Fonda and this morning.
@Hellraiser0601
3 жыл бұрын
"90s winter flops" 😂 😂 😂
@timcurrent5511
Жыл бұрын
I loved loose cannons. I thought it was hilarious but I think the Three Stooges are hilarious also Different strokes for different folks
@reneedennis2011
3 жыл бұрын
Stanley & Iris is a good movie.
@patrickthomas8890
2 жыл бұрын
It’s an entertaining movie, but it’s pure schlock. The scene where De Niro stops the bus and says “Teach me to read!” while the rain was pouring down felt like an SNL parody. I liked it overall, but Siskel was right…it was a glorified made-for-tv movie
@reneedennis2011
3 жыл бұрын
I have never heard of Holer and Eddie. And as for the plot of Loose Cannons? WTH?!?
@notsure1277
3 жыл бұрын
This is why these guys were and still are respected for what they did: they had no problem with justifiably giving the thumbs-down to the majority of films on their show. They were not cheerleaders. A couple of additional points of my own: 1. Siskel did not say it, but everybody knew that Fonda was on a box-office public-relations campaign to make people forget her treasonous activities during the Viet Nam War. 2. Aykroyd and Goldberg were both terrible on screen. Just plain unfunny. They could never carry a film on their own, but Hollywood producers and the public were not yet ready to admit it.
@stevejohnson1577
3 жыл бұрын
100% agree
@sdrawkcabUK
3 жыл бұрын
Was Fonda treasonous? I heard she was just opposed to the war.
@garydeblasio8810
3 жыл бұрын
That's ridiculous. Jane did many movies after North Vietnam.
@garydeblasio8810
3 жыл бұрын
Stanley and Iris is s beautiful little gem of a movie.
@patrickthomas8890
2 жыл бұрын
@@sdrawkcabUK She visited North Vietnam during the war, took publicity photos on an NVA tank, painted them as victims in the war (ignoring atrocities committed), and said all American POWs were war criminals…I can understand her opposing the war but she took it too far and really crossed the line. Maybe she got too caught up in the anti-war movement, but I think vets were justifiably upset with her. I think an argument can be made that it was somewhat treasonous since she supported an enemy and tried to undermine American troops during wartime. The North Vietnamese tortured Americans and justified it by claiming they were war criminals not deserving of humane treatment…which Jane Fonda supported at the time. I’m sure she deeply regrets that.
@DawgPound86
9 ай бұрын
Loose cannons is a funny movie
@knownpleasures
2 жыл бұрын
Wow !! They had to review some junk back then lol 😂
@heilzorak64
3 ай бұрын
Bunch of proven directors (at that time) getting their films canned on this show like Martin Ritt (Stanley & Iris), Andrei Konchalovsky (Homer & Eddie) & Bob Clark (Loose Cannons). As for 'The White Girl' (a passé codeword for trashy street character nowadays), Armond White's book 'The Resistance' had an article that exposed the movie even deeper than S&E's review did, described it as a "racket" conning a bunch of fools with exploitation. Always was curious to see the whole thing with how absurd those clips looked.
@daringabler8352
2 жыл бұрын
I don't disagree with them about Stanley & Iris, mostly. I just don't think its failings made it a bad movie. The library scene is totally overwritten, sometimes the score gets in the way (as do lots of scores from that era), and the subject of illiteracy is not treated with much weight. But I really enjoyed the performances, Fonda, De Niro, definitely Martha Plimpton. And a number of scenes are noticeably good, especially with Stanley and his father and between Stanley and Iris in the park- loved that scene. Not that anyone asked ME.
@tnawcwvictoria
Жыл бұрын
Like WOW, 90% Thumbs Down & 10% Thumbs Up
@fje6902
3 жыл бұрын
Loose Cannons wasn't "The French Connection", but I thought Ackroyd was bizarrely funny. Gene Siskel thought "Loose Cannons" was ludicrous, but liked "Parents".
@sahej6939
Жыл бұрын
it is funny
@ifragisk
3 жыл бұрын
I recorded Stanley and Iris on PVR and To Live and Die in LA, supposedly a hidden gem. I found Stanley and Iris comfortabley predictable with decent acting (considering the lines are mediocre). I couldnt get through the LA movie, found it gross and without humanity. Deleted from PVR but will keep Stanley.
@ricardocantoral7672
2 жыл бұрын
"gross and without humanity" ? How was it gross ? How was it without humanity ? The film was riveting, it's a fascinating thriller about two men driven to self destruction. I guess you want a simple film about clearly defined heroes and villains.
@stoogefest16
Жыл бұрын
Out of curiosity, you recorded these off Turner Classic Movies, right?
@tnawcwvictoria
Жыл бұрын
Lex Luthor meets Dr. Ray Stantz Loose Cannons was awful Whenever I think of Loose Cannons, I think of Scott Steiner and the late Brian Pillman
@kdryan21
Жыл бұрын
Oh, shut up Gene. I loved Stanley and Iris!
@ElvisPresley420
4 ай бұрын
Gene is way too harsh on Movies. Come man take a chill pill
@mykal.7424
11 ай бұрын
I was shocked how awful Loose Cannons is
@dnasty312
2 жыл бұрын
5:48 We don't use that word anymore 🚫
@Locadel2003
2 жыл бұрын
Man Dan Aykroyd after that movie start taking supporting roles because Loose Cannons and Nothing but Trouble were absolutely garbage. Also Caddyshack 2🤮
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