Character mistake: Near the end, Iris's doctor attempts to take John's pulse. He has his hand wrapped around John's hand, his fingers nowhere near the top of the wrist, where the artery is; and as he counts the "beats", against his wristwatch, John talks to him and he talks back - when you are counting something, you can not talk at the same time; you lose count every time.
Iris (2001)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Richard Eyre
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Judi Dench, Hugh Bonneville
John (Jim Broadbent) takes Iris (Judi Dench) to a nursing home because it's decided that he will no longer take care of her at home. Some time later she dies.
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More mistakes in Iris
Iris Murdoch: People have obsessions and fears and passions which they don't admit to. I think every character is interesting and has extremes. It's the novelist privilege to see how odd everyone is.
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