![]() She gets into the car with him, and he explains how, in just these few months, he's gone from being a 47 year old, illiterate cafeteria worker, to a big corporate honcho in an electrical engineering firm (he could build models, remember? He just couldn't read, which is what was holding him back and it's all due to her teaching him to read). She turns around, surprised, and more 'inspirational' music plays. Suddenly, a luxury town car rolls up, and a well dressed De Niro calls out to Fonda. There's a time jump of like 6 months since De Niro just took off, and Fonda is walking home alone and lonely at night, after work. Now here comes the 'can't suspend disbelief' part. Right after that, he flat out disappears from Fonda and her kids' life. He exclaims, "I can read! I can READ!", while people shush and Fonda tears up. ![]() She eventually finds out that he's good with his hands, and can build little models and such (Ah! He's got a hidden talent!).Įventually, we get an 'inspirational' scene where he loudly walks through a library picking up every book in sight and reading loudly a little passage from it, while 'inspirational' music plays. He asks her to teach him to read, and she does. Hence, why he's a middle aged cafeteria worker. Gradually, De Niro and Fonda become friends and, predictably, lovers. Her co-worker is Robert De Niro, who works in the cafeteria as a food service worker. In it, Jane Fonda plays a widow with a couple of older kids (and later a grandkid) who works in a factory (you know, that now outdated representation where a whole town lines up and works at a factory/plant). ![]() This is a largely forgettable and forgotten movie, but years ago there was a Martin Ritt film called, "Stanley and Iris".
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