[HELLO MY NAME IS DORIS opens in Cleveland on Friday March 18th exclusively at the Cedar Lee Theatre.]
Review by Joseph Anthony
HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS feels like an accomplishment. Perhaps because DORIS feels like several films wrapped in one. A comedy, a fantasy, a drama, an indie flick, a coming of age story. Not only does it operate under all those categories, it operates functionally and quite successfully.
Review by Joseph Anthony
When DORIS begins, our title character, Doris Miller played by Sally Field, has lost her mother. Much of her life to this point has been dedicated to her mom for whom she has given up her own social and emotional needs to care for. Doris looks like a stereotypical cat lady, with a bit more flare. She has a few friends, an accounting job at a fashion firm in New York City, and a brother (Stephen Root) who is worried about her hoarding habits. He and his wife also want her to move out of their childhood home (in part to make money off the house). She takes the ferry from Staten Island each day to work. It is clear that Doris isn’t one for change.
