Movie No. 59 (2017): HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS
Hello, My Name Is Doris (2016)
Sally Field is Doris, a senior citizen who works as office staff. Her domineering mother has just died. Now, she seems helpless having lived a sheltered life in an apartment cluttered with "collections" decades gone by. Life has to go on.
Director: Michael Showalter
Cast: Sally Field, Max Greenfield, Natasha Lyonne
Sally Field is Doris, a senior citizen who works as office staff. Her domineering mother has just died. Now, she seems helpless having lived a sheltered life in an apartment cluttered with "collections" decades gone by. Life has to go on.
On the first day of her return to the office, after the funeral, her "coming of age" begins with a smile from a man half her age in a crowded elevator. And so, the begins her new adventures and misadventures.
Doris is funny, but her spur-or-the moment decisions, brought by the desire "to live" a life she missed (or didn't have) are heartbreaking. Sally Field's comedic timing is awesome. The movie is enjoyable to watch.
Rating: 3.0/4.0
Date seen: August 26, 2017
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