- Post
- #1510975
- Topic
- A few reviews . . (film or TV)
- Link
- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1510975/action/topic#1510975
- Time
Hello, My Name Is Doris - 2015 - 5/10
Sure, whatever. Nice meeting you, Doris, now goodbye.
Sally Field plays 60+ schlemiel in Manhattan ad agency, everyone else is 20’s and 30’s.
A transfer arrives from California, 30 year old guy she develops the hots for.
She stalks him via social media, shows up at music raves.
One-sided “romance” is not Harold And Maude.
Doris has zero vitality, has the fashion sense of a bag lady, and the social skills of a leftover bagel.
Her obsession is creepy. Apologists cry that if men do it, so can she.
Sorry, pilgrim, stretching two generations is generally beyond accepted norms, for either gender.
Secondary plot deals with the aftermath of her mother’s death, with whom she had been living.
Her brother (and wife) suggest she clean out the Staten Island house before selling - and what - share the proceeds? Seems filmmakers dialed back that aspect so to make him more sympathetic.