Life throws her a curveball when a new coworker, john max greenfield, joins the company. Through no fault of sally field, her new movie hello, my name is doris kept making me think about carol kane. The 69yearold actress and former tv gidget not only gets to prove that her superb comedic skills have gotten. Hello, my name is doris 2015 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Field made it one, and made hello, my name is doris a better movie. Sally field rescues hello, my name is doris from its own. Sally field talks about her new movie, hello, my name is doris, and how far hollywood has come, and has to go, on sexism and ageism. Hes not a child at all, but somewhere in his mid30s. When doris miller sally field meets john fremont max greenfield, her companys hip new art director, sparks flyat least for doris. A selfhelp seminar inspires a 60something woman sally field to romantically pursue her younger coworker. Living half in her own head and half in the real world, she awkwardly navigates how she thinks she should react. Watch sally field and max greenfield have an awkward. When doris miller meets john fremont, her companys hip new art director, sparks flyat.
Sally field navigates aging in the spotlight, and in new movie hello, my name is doris the actresss latest role in hello, my name is doris hits close to home. Hello, my name is doris is immeasurably elevated by sally fields remarkable performance in the title role, which overpowers a surfeit of stereotypical indie quirk. Sally field plays an older woman in hello, my name is doris, but the actress compares her characters experiences to the awkward pangs of adolescence during a. Hello, my name is doris sally field shines in this dramedy about a sixtysomething office drone who falls for a younger coworker. Watch the new trailer for the drama movie directed by. In less talented hands, the maydecember comedy hello, my name is doris would have ended up either a maudlin dark comedy or an overthetop love story. After a lifetime of being overlooked and ignored, doris sally field finds her world turned upside down by a handsome new coworker max greenfield and a selfhelp guru that inspires her to take a chance on love. The first time that the heroine in the disarming comedy hello, my name is doris sees the kid, theyre in a crowded office elevator. Sally field is no ageist when it comes to making out w. Sally field shines, er glows if you will, in hello, my name is doris in a perfect world we would always have room for our best actresses as they age but in the world we actually live in. Sally field on hello my name is doris and hollywood ageism time. Greenfield plays a colleague recently transferred to the titular characters new york office. Hello, my name is doris is immeasurably elevated by sally fields.
But thats unfair and too much for a little movie like hello, my name is doris to take. Although i did enjoy my name is doris starring sally fields, i found it to be somewhat unrealistic in parts. Hello my name is doris trailer starring sally field collider. Baby goya and the nuclear winters new album cover featuring doris appears near the beginning of the credits. Watching sally field is one of the pleasures of going to the movies. Hello, my name is doris is a weirdly offplumb little movie, one that manages to be condescending and compassionate, knowing and blinkered. It stars sally field in the title role, alongside max greenfield, beth behrs, wendi mclendoncovey, stephen root, elizabeth reaser, natasha lyonne and tyne daly. Directed by comedian michael showalter wet hot american summer, hello, my name is doris finds field under an eccentric facade of big hair, catseye glasses, and bright lipstick.
Doris sally field finds her world turned upside down by a handsome new. Fields new movie, hello, my name is doris, required her to fulfill your fantasies of wooing the new girl star, who is 34 years her junior. Shes a woman in a dead end job who has spent her whole life caring for her mom. Sally field, max greenfield, beth behrs, wendi mclendoncovey, natasha lyonne, tyne daly, stephen root, rich sommer, kumail. Sally field is forever young in new movie hello my name. Sally field proudly cougars out in her new, hello my name is doris. Sally field brings life to hello, my name is doris the seattle times.
Hello, my name is doris uploads youtuber anna akana. Shes joined sally field and new girls max greenfield in the cast of haven entertainment and red crowns hello, my name is doris, the indie comedy directed by michael showalter from his. Hello, her name is sally field, and shes as cool as ever. Sally field gives perhaps the years first oscarworthy lead actress performance in the funny, beguiling and affecting hello, my name is doris, a brave little film that shows its never too late. Sally field on hello my name is doris and hollywood. Her shy doris is a woman in her 60s who has never lived, in part because of circumstance and in part by her own design. Hello, my name is doris is at times selfconsciously quirky and precious and implausible and sally field is so good in it that those complaints seem pointless. Sally field gave stephen colbert a fullon kiss when she made her entrance on wednesdays the late show to promote her new film, hello, my name is doris. Field plays a hoarder, but unlike kanes character in the recent indie clutter, doris is the cute kind, one whose house remains spotless despite stacks of junk in every room. Sally field finds hipster love in hello, my name is doris. There arent a lot of choice roles for women over, what, 35 in hollywood. Sally field makes us root for her in an otherwise uninspired film about a wistful woman who feels like life has passed.
Field plays a hoarder, but unlike kanes character in the recent indie. A delightful comedy that stars twotime academy award winner sally field as doris, a shy accounting clerk who has never ventured out of her comfort zone and lives vicariously through her colorful daydreams. Stay in the know with the latest movie news and cast interviews at. Lyonne orange is the new black and beth behrs 2 broke girls. Hello, my name is doris is a 2015 american romantic comedydrama film directed by michael showalter from a screenplay by showalter and laura terruso, about a woman in her 60s who tries to act on her attraction to a younger coworker. Sally field talks kissing max greenfieldhello, my name is. Hello, my name is doris has a welcome rawness that partly derives from. Sally field navigates aging in the spotlight, and in new.
Hello, her name is sally field, and shes as cool as ever in doris the oscar winner digs into the role of an eccentric older women who falls for a younger man in hello, my name is doris. Sally field is excellent as doris an older woman who has yet to really live her life. Sally field plays a spinster smitten with new coworker max greenfield. Sally field, left, and max greenfield star in hello, my name is doris. Doris develops a crush on a young new coworker max greenfield and goes for it after the encouragement. The hello, my name is doris star and max greenfield took over ews snapchat to promote their latest film. But with hello, my name is doris march 11, cowritten and directed by wet hot american summer scribe michael showalter, field returns to top billing as an eccentric office worker with a megacrush on her hunky, halfherage coworker max greenfield.
The previous evening, mirren gave the latenight host a big smooch. Learn about sally field including past and current movies, upcoming movies, and celebrity news at. Doris is inspired finally to take control of her life, and her newfound courage takes her on an. It stars sally field in the title role, alongside max greenfield, beth behrs. The 69yearold acting legend plays the title character, an eccentric, vintagewearing singleton who starts up a little something. Sally field revels in playing fierce, sexy, odd in. A lonely spinster pursues her muchyounger coworker.
The story is about a young woman who gave up her chance at marriage and happiness to care for a widowed mother. The first hello, my name is doris trailer stars sally field as the title character, a 60something woman who is inspired to pursue her younger coworker. From norma rae to lincoln, field has always used the camera lens to make direct. Doris sally field is a 60something woman who passed up an engagement early in life to remain with her mother on staten island. Hello my name is doris hello, my name is doris is directed by sketchcomedy veteran michael showalter and stars field as a woman who enjoys an unexpected moment among new young friends. The dearth of complex, leading female roles is an everpresent topic of conversation in hollywood, but the new film hello, my name is doris, starring a 69year old sally field, offers a charming. For those of us who really likednay, worshipped and adoredsally field even before she won a single oscar, her presence in the modestly conceived but emotionally brimming hello, my name is doris is like a beacon of beckoning human warmth just waiting to be cherished. In an interview at the driskill hotel here ahead of the films world premiere on. Sally field makes an adorable doris she cleans up as a cat lady who claws her way to a new life. After a lifetime of being overlooked and ignored, a woman of a certain age finds her world turned upside down by a handsome new coworker and a selfhelp seminar that inspires her to take a chance on love in hello, my name is doris.