Hello, My Name Is Doris

Name: Hello, My Name Is Doris
Director: Michael Showalter
Released: 2015

Synopsis

A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.

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IndieWire
More than anything else, Hello, My Name is Doris effectively conveys the cruel ambivalence of an ageist society, and despite its formulaic ingredients, the movie responds to that setback with Field's exuberant, virtuoso turn providing the ultimate critical response.
75
The A.V. Club
Despite some compelling performances, this R-rated but genial dramedy is a lot like its protagonist: unconventional, yet playing it safe.
70
Variety
Despite some bumpy tonal shifts and inconsistencies of characterization, Hello, My Name Is Doris impresses as a humanely amusing and occasionally poignant dramedy.
70
The New York Times
Indirection can be a beautiful tool in comedy and so it is in “Hello, My Name Is Doris,” which uses this funny, outwardly ridiculous character to tell a simple story about a love that rarely speaks its name, including in movies: that of an older woman for a much younger man.
63
New York Post
Field, as usual, goes all-out; the film may be a comedy, but she attains a few moments of real heartbreak.
63
Observer
It’s a late-life coming-of-age story, and it’s not great. But she gives it all she’s got, and she’s never been sunnier or funnier.
60
The Hollywood Reporter
It's not nearly funny enough to call a comedy, but its seriousness about her lonely life is undercut by its depiction of her frankly ridiculous behavior.
60
Village Voice
Field can't make it all make sense, but she does make it diverting, even pleasurable.