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Movies the giraffe watched in 2017: September (28 movies items)"First viewing - Sept. 3rd I kinda forgot about Sally Field, so it was cool to see her in this film where she gets to display her range and remind us why she matters. The story revolves around her desire for a relationship with a younger man, which is great material to mine for comedic gold which the film uncovers albeit not consistently. Still, I thought it was a fresh idea populated with endearing characters and enough amusing moments to keep me happy. It's nothing great, but it was worth chec"
BradWesley123's Movie Screenshots: Vol. 15 (50 movies items)" Director: Michael Showalter Cinematographer: Brian Burgoyne Other Images "
BradWesley123's Movie Journal- July 2016 (38 movies items)" DVD- 1hr 30min. First Viewing As funny as it is insightful, Hello, My Name is Doris is a wonderfully empathetic portrait of aging and generational divergences. There are some minor narrative squabbles (the film's jumping off point is some mildly tacky stereotypes of hipsterdom), but the film is just too amusing to write off. Most of this comes down to Field's performance, balancing the film's more melancholy tone with aplomb, and the smartly balanced script. Monthly Wesley AwardsBest Actress-"
BAMF's June 2017 Cinejourney (43 movies items)" Familiar Actors: Sally Field Stephen Root Wendi McLendon-Covey Max Greenfield Kumail Nanjiani Rich Sommer Tyne Daly Peter Gallagher Elizabeth Reaser Isabella Acres Natasha Lyonne Anna Akana Kyle Mooney Beth Behrs and Don Stark True Rating: 6.8/10 This was written and directed by Michael Showalter of Wet Hot American Summer fame. It's also co-written by Laura Terruso who has only one other film of which I plan to see after having watched this. You can really feel Showalter's style here. Thou"
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