BLU-RAY REVIEW: HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS
6/11/2016

OVERVIEW: Two-time Best Actress Academy Award® winner Sally Field (Norma Rae, 1979; Places in the Heart, 1984) leads an all-star ensemble cast in the hysterical late-life coming-of-age-story HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS, on Digital May 31 and Blu-ray®™ and DVD June 14 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Field stars as Doris, a quirky sixty-something woman who takes a chance on love with a (much) younger co-worker. “Certified Fresh” by critics on Rotten Tomatoes and recipient of the Audience Award Winner at SXSW Film Festival, the charming comedy also stars Max Greenfield (“New Girl”), Beth Behrs (“2 Broke Girls”), Wendi McLendon-Covey (“The Goldbergs”), Stephen Root (Office Space), Elizabeth Reaser (Twilight franchise), with Natasha Lyonne (“Orange is the New Black”), Tyne Daly (“Cagney & Lacey”) and musician Jack Antonoff.

Bonus features on HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital Extras include an alternate opening to the film where viewers meet Doris’ mother, 15 never-before-seen deleted and extended scenes that give viewers an inside look on the filming process and filmmaker commentary with director/writer Michael Showalter.

SYNOPSIS: 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 self-help guru that inspires her to take a chance on love. Hello, My Name Is Doris is a witty and compassionate late-life coming-of-age story that will make you cheer and want to say, "I'm Possible!"

BLU-RAY: The film is presented in widescreen in a 1.78:1 aspect ration preserving its theatrical format. The picture is just flawless. Not only the picture looks great in this release, also the sound it is good, a 5.1 Dolby Digital in English that provides a good complement to the picture. It also includes  English, French  and Spanish subtitles.

VIDEO:
Widescreen (1.78:1) 16x9

AUDIO:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1/Dolby Digital 2.0, Spanish DTS Surround 5.1, French DTS Surround 5.1

Subtitles - English SDH, Spanish and French

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Blu-ray™ unleashes the power of your HDTV and is the best way to watch movies at home, featuring 6X the picture resolution of DVD, exclusive extras and theater-quality surround sound.

Alternate Opening

Deleted & Extended Scenes

Filmmaker Commentary