IMDb
6.4 /10
9k votes


Drama · Romance · 1990 · 1h 44min
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.
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Metro-Goldwyn-MayerLantana ProductionsOfficial Trailer
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IMDb
6.4 /10
9k votes
Rotten Tomatoes
The tomato isn't ripe
Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
6.5 /10
175 votes
Letterboxd
6.6 /10
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Weighted average
6.5/10