i saw the capsule comment say great acting . in my opinion and these be two great actor give horrible performance and and with zero chemistry with one another and for a great director in his all time bad effort . robert de niro have to be the most ingenious and insightful illiterate of all time . jane fonda performance uncomfortably drift all over the map a she clearly have no handle on this character and mostly because the character be so poorly write . molasses like would be too swift an adjective for this film excruciate pace . although the film intent be to be an uplifting story of cure illiteracy and watch it be a true bummer . i give it negative and truly one of the bad 20 movie for it budget level that i have ever see .