Variety
Despite some bumpy tonal shifts and inconsistencies of characterization, impresses as a humanely amusing and occasionally poignant dramedy.
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Hello, My Name is Doris
Comedy-drama, an Audience Award winner at SXSW, with screen legend Sally Field playing 60-year-old spinster Doris who develops a romantic fixation on a much younger co-worker (New Girl's Max Greenfield). Writer-director Michael Showalter is the writer behind TV's Wet Hot American Summer and rom-com send-up They Came Together.
"After the death of her mother, Doris becomes motivated by a self-help seminar to romantically pursue a younger coworker at a hip Brooklyn clothing company. As she finds ways to connect with John (going to an electronica concert, hanging out in hipster coffee shops), her authentic retro style thrusts her into the spotlight of the local hipster social scene and she soon gets caught up in the world of chocolate bar haikus and rooftop knitting clubs. But her other relationships suffer as a result of her new found popularity and Doris has to realise that what she wants isn't necessarily what she needs." (SXSW)
Less2015Rating: M, Coarse language87 minsUSA
ComedyDrama
- Director:
- Michael Showalter ('The Baxter')
- Writer:
- Michael ShowalterLaura Terruso
- Cast:
- Sally FieldMax GreenfieldBeth BehrsWendi McLendon-CoveyStephen RootElizabeth Reaser
Hello, My Name is Doris | Awards
Audience Award winner at SXSW Film Festival 2015
Hello, My Name is Doris | Reviews
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Hollywood Reporter
A confused, half-likeable attempt to empathize with retirement-age loneliness.
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Hello, My Name is Doris is available to stream in Australia now on Google Play and Apple TV.