Sally Field in leading role in SXSW romance

Sally Field took the South by Southwest (SXSW) by storm on Saturday afternoon with “Hello, My Name is Doris,” a dramedy from director Michael Showalter that will certainly be one of the big discoveries out of this year's festival.

Field plays the titular character, a 60-something hoarder from Staten Island who develops a crush, which quickly escalates into an obsession, on her much younger co-worker (Max Greenfield). The movie is based on a 2011 short by the script's co-writer Laura Terruso, called “Doris & the Intern”.

“Certainly I've never read anything as unique as this character,” Field said at an audience Q&A session following the screening, where she received a standing ovation. Field was struck by how the story played with so many different genres. “We are very dramatic sometimes and then literally off the charts screwball comedy,” Field said. 

It's the first time in almost two decades that Field, 68, has anchored a theatrical film.

Source: Variety