Plot Hello, My Name Is Doris

doris miller shy, eccentric 60-something woman, living alone following death of mother, whom has lived whole life. @ funeral, brother todd , wife cynthia try persuade sell house, possessions, hoarder habit of keeping discarded items finds on street. close friend fiery roz, though gets along roz s granddaughter vivian. on way work, has been doing data entry decades, meets new young co-worker john, whom infatuated. empowered , inspired cliched self-improvement tapes, doris decides go after him.

doris finds ways john s attention; attempts combined daydream fantasies passionate love affair between them. of vivian, doris creates fake social media profile in order find information john, , discovers loves electropop band planning upcoming concert in area. doris buys cd band, gets john s attention, , attends concert, meets him , spend time together. band intrigued doris , invite backstage, spend fun evening meeting young artists in area. john tells doris , girlfriend broke on text, , asks love life. reveals engaged in past, when fiance left job in arizona, had decline in order take care of mother. when part night, john gives friendly kiss goodnight, , doris in love.

john distracted next week, , doris discovers has girlfriend, brooklyn. though brooklyn friendly , charming, , john likes her, doris devastated. spends night drinking wine, , in drunken fit of anguish, posts comment on john s social media wall while using fake profile, posing scorned young woman whom had torrid love affair. next morning, todd arrives therapist, planning on decluttering doris s house, when cynthia tries throw out pencil doris stole john, doris angrily throws them out of house. todd tells doris s disappointed in her, , retorts never around when mother needed help. todd says worked out best success. doris tells him have had opportunities, too.

at work, brooklyn arrives , has fight john before breaking him. brooklyn tells doris later had seen comment on wall , accused him of cheating on her, , admits cheated on in past. after work, john tells doris incident , invites thanksgiving friends. agrees, , when asks if d ever interested in dating younger man, elated @ indication interested in her.

roz tells doris s deluded , s making huge mistake going after john, doris refuses listen. dresses , goes thanksgiving party, meets john s uncle, interested in her. during party, asks talk john in bedroom. while trying come onto him, doris reveals s liked him , 1 put comment drove him , brooklyn apart. furious, john rebuffs her. when flustered doris asks him meant asking if interested in younger men, john clarifies trying set uncle, decade younger doris – thus, younger man. doris leaves, hurt, , invites roz on comfort.

doris invites therapist on declutter house, , succeeds getting cleaned up. quits job, , says good-bye john before leaves. when doris goes elevator leave on last day, john calls name, races out of office, , tells interested in , wants sincerely begin relationship her. kiss, revealed yet 1 of doris s fantasies. in reality, enters elevator leave, alone. after hesitating, john calls out name , runs toward elevator. doors close.