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Sunday, March 20, 2016

Hello, My Name Is Doris (2016)

A lonely 60ish woman (Sally Field) with psychological problems becomes obsessed with the handsome hunk (Max Greenfield, TV's NEW GIRL) that just started working at her office. A story about a psychologically disturbed 60ish woman stalking a 20 something hunk might have made for a crackerjack thriller but as a heartwarming comedy, it's too creepy. Still, it's more realistic than HAROLD AND MAUDE. For Sally Field fans only (I'm not one of them) but that being said, she's excellent here. In fact, her performance is the only reason to bother with this formulaic concoction. To be fair, the film scores some points about ageism in contemporary society and for that reason, I wish it were a better movie but it's just too obvious and manipulative. It's based on a short (9 minutes) film written and directed by Laura Terruso which I haven't seen and expanded to feature length by Terruso and the film's director, Michael Showalter. With Tyne Daly, Peter Gallagher, Wendi McLendon Covey, Kyle Mooney, Stephen Root, Natasha Lyonne and Caroline Aaron. 

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