Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015/Sony Blu-ray)

Picture: B Sound: B Extras: B Film: A-

After the death of her mother, a lifetime of always being the girl that nobody picked and with a little push from a self-help guru, Doris' world is suddenly turned upside down with a hot new co-worker (who's old enough to be her son). For once, Doris (Sally Field) is going to take a chance on love and see how far she can go in Michael Showalter's Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015).

Doris has been a recluse from the modern world, a hoarder, and her brother is trying to force her to move out and sell the house. She suddenly finds herself having daytime fantasies about her new co-worker and thinking about 'possibilities' between her and him (even stalking him on facebook). She decides to suddenly to change and take risk that she can finally experience/feel something in life. But how long this dream last, can she really make it come true or will reality burst her bubble?

Can anyone say 'mid-life crisis'? This was an amusing coming of age story (a very late one), it is funny how differently society labels men and women for not acting their age, but the movie was all about it's never too late to live your life. Sally Field plays a wonderful funny crazy old cat lady who decides she old enough to not care about the rules anymore in a performance that is truly convincing and carries the film. Max Greenfield and Stephen Root also star.

The 1080p 1.85 X 1 digital High Definition image transfer is a digital HD shoot that is nice, fine, consistent and pleasant throughout, while the DTS-HD MA (Master Audio) 5.1 lossless mix may be dialogue/joke-based, but is a fine recording that is always warm and clear. Extras include deleted scenes, alternate opening, filmmaker's commentary and trailers.

- Ricky Chiang