A film based on romance and comedy-drama entails a young co-worker john who grabs the attention of a women, Doris who is in her 60’s and falls in love with him.
The best thing about Hello, My Name Is Doris is that nothing gets resolved in the expected movie fashion. The story will make you laugh, no question, but it will also make you deeply uncomfortable, and we mean that in the best way.
Thanks to Field's ability to give data entry clerk Doris Miller a consistent sense of dignity, it's easy to cheer for a character who'd be an eccentric or even annoying supporting character in other films.
This film is obviously a showcase for the considerable talents of Sally Field, 70, but it's also funny, and there are some other interesting characters besides Doris. an "old maid" who wants a lot more out of her life than she's been getting.
Showalter, whose 2005 romantic comedy "The Baxter" was similarly kindhearted, handles the material with tenderness and care, and never lets it devolve into meanness the way it might in the hands of another director.
Hello My Name is Doris is a modest little comedy-drama that is beautifully cast. It's all about Sally Field and Max Greenfield. And trusting your instincts.
Globe and Mail
April 22, 2016
A sharp dramedy focusing on the romantic stirrings of a lonely office worker, played with considerable wit and verve by the 69-year-old Sally Field.
