Doris Says Hello
I'll admit - I thought Hello, My Name Is Doris was a decent movie and I enjoyed it to an extent. I didn't love it (for there were a few things in the movie that made me cringe) but there were some really funny moments in it plus I was very surprised by the acting (in a good way though). I gave the movie a 7/10 overall.
As much as people are adverse to sequels, I would love to see a sequel to this movie. The sequel could be called Doris Says Hello.
This is just my suggestion and I know Hollywood today suffers from severe "sequelitis" but here it goes.
The sequel could pick up where this movie ended with Doris fending for herself now that she has left her job and is without any love prospects. She works now at an antique store (perhaps) and even though she loves her job and keeps in touch with all of her Brooklynite friends, struggles to make ends meet. Doris then meets a man named Charlie. Charlie has just lost his wife after forty years of marriage and as it turns out, he happens to be the young journalist Doris was engaged to as a younger woman. Charlie is now a legendary, accomplished journalist in New York either there to receive a high honor or he teaches there now (I’m not sure which). Charlie also, as it is discovered, has feelings for Doris and now regrets leaving her all of those years ago. Doris and the man rekindle their relationship. Characters from the previous film could also appear somehow. Doris and John don’t end up as a couple but maybe they can keep in touch and maintain a platonic friendship this time around. John is in a new relationship whether with Brooklyn again or with somebody new.
When I watched Hello, My Name Is Doris a few days ago, one of the things I thought about after the movie was over was Sally Field's monologue in the diner and how she gave up the man she loved and that she was going to marry in order to care for her mother. That part made me sad. I seriously think there could be a movie out of a reunion between Doris and her former flame. Perhaps cast someone like Kris Kristofferson or Sam Shephard as Charlie. Just think the movie Love Streams but with two seventy-year old leads and they both aren’t siblings (or related for the matter). Who knows? Maybe this movie has been done before but I would love to see a sequel if done right.