Hello, My Name Is Doris (2016)
A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.
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This is a romantic comedy in the sense that someone is madly in love with another and they play all these fantasies in their head and it changes their lives. The catch is that the love bird is a 70 year old woman and the object of her infatuation is a twenty something guy that works in her office.Sally Field plays the role great and you can understand that when you watch the movie and you feel weird, when you are both rooting for her and feel a little grossed out. You totally buy her acting in the role.I am not a fan of romcoms and, frankly, I won't recommend this movie, but it had some good moments and it is one romantic comedy that feels real, not those prefabricated guy meets girl, hits a snag and then they get together. If I absolutely had to watch a romcom, this would be in the top of my list.
This movie shows that there is a generation gap. Not in years but in understanding this new electronic age and computers. Not everyone is capable with computers, mainly seniors. You cannot exclude us because of our age (me 70 years old), we are are not so easily impressed with Facebook, etc. Sometimes just making a phone call is much appreciated this movie shows this.
The overall 6.7 IMDb rating of this film is terribly misleading. While Sally Field is delightful in parts, the movie is hardly the comedy it is billed as. It is slow, the plot is flimsy, the jokes are uninspired.If this movie is attempting to do what Alexander Payne does with his films, it fails miserably. Eminently skippable, as is evinced by its early availability on Amazon Prime.
I found this movie boring with a very creepy main character "Doris" played by Sally Field. Also disturbing, in that she helped ruin a relationship because she was stalking her "love interest". In fact, the whole stalking plot line is really offensive and I am not sure why people think it's OK?. Can not recommend this movie.