Again this month, I’ve chosen something that’s quite
different from our usual fare of serious, issue-oriented films. It is: Hello,
My Name is Doris, starring Sally Field.
Actually, you could say that it is issue-oriented because it’s a coming-of-age story for seniors.
Watch the trailer (below) and you’ll see what this means. But the chief reason
I chose Doris
is that Sally Field decided to accept the starring role and I always trust her
choices of roles and films. Plus, she brought along someone I’ve been missing
from small and large screens: terrific Tyne
Daly, whose best work, in my opinion, was on Cagney & Lacey, a TV breakthrough series about the partnership
of a pair of female NYC police detectives.
Movie Club members will see Doris at the Varsity Cinema (ManuLife Centre, Bay & Bloor) on Tuesday, May 3, for the 1:40 screening.
As always, let’s try to meet near the box office about 20 minutes earlier. If you don’t see me there, just go in and watch
the film. Those of us who wish to nosh and natter afterwards will gather by the
escalators and then descend to Scaccia. If you don’t see me/us there, just go
down two escalator levels to the restaurant.
Here are the deets about Doris:
SYNOPSIS:
After a lifetime of
being overlooked and ignored, a woman of a certain age finds her world turned
upside down by a handsome new co-worker and a self-help seminar that inspires
her to take a chance on love in a witty and compassionate late-life
coming-of-age-story.
TRAILER:
REVIEW:
INTERVIEW WITH
SALLY FIELD:
