The movie opens at the funeral of Doris Miller's (Sally Field) mother. Doris's brother (Stephen Root) wants her to sell the Staten Island home to split the inheritance; his wife is particularly shrewish about it. Soon after, Doris goes to work and encounters John (Max Greenfield) in the elevator and he talks to her, complimenting her glasses. Doris is smitten. Soon thereafter, she discovers that John is a new employee in the office where she works. Later, she goes with her lifelong friend Roz (Tyne Daly) to a self-help lecture where Willy Williams (Peter Gallagher) tells her that "impossible" should be pronounced "I'm possible." Doris takes this to heart and so begins her effort to woo John, a man who is half her age.
Often funny - especially when Doris has an imaginary make-out session with John - but also sad. The usual May-December romance has the woman as half the man's age. That Doris thinks there is a real chance is often uncomfortable to watch. She misreads signals and misinterprets conversations in such a way to make her fantasy real. Doris spent the last forty years caring for her invalid mother and missed the life she might have had. By the end, it does seem the Doris has bloomed and will finally have a fulfilling life.
Just okay. Wait for cable release.
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