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- Writer's LifeCrumbling MarriageDealing With DeathHuman NatureCouple RelationsParents and ChildrenSexual RelationsDeath in the Family more...
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- DramaMelodrama
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The Door in the Floor , 2004
English
USA
Profile of The Door in the Floor
The Door in the Floor can be described as contemplative, gloomy, and clever. The plot revolves around a death in the family, estrangement, and the life of a writer. The main genre is drama. In terms of style, The Door in the Floor is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in the suburbs. The Door in the Floor is located in New York. It takes place in contemporary times. It is based on a book. Note that The Door in the Floor involves sexual content.
Summary of The Door in the Floor
Delicately balancing a young man's coming-of-age with a married couple's experience of trauma and loss, this adaptation of John Irving's A WIDOW FOR ONE YEAR compares with THE CIDER HOUSE RULES as a successful and faithful adaptation of the popular author's work. The film details a summer of trial separation between husband and wife Ted (Jeff Bridges) and Marion (Kim Basinger), whose union was shattered by the loss of their two sons. Though they have one remaining daughter (Elle Fanning), Ted--a popular author--hires a greenhorn writing assistant, a young man named Eddie (Jon Foster). Expecting to learn writing from a master, Eddie is little more than a glorified chauffeur for his accomplished idol. However, Eddie receives some useful lessons in manhood from the beautiful yet emotionally distant Marion, as an obsessive crush blossoms into passionate first love. While the family's scenic estate in the Hamptons provides an illusion of contentment, the tension between Ted, Marion, and Eddie only builds. Meanwhile Eddie struggles to understand the reasons for the family's painful disintegration.
The strength of writer-director Tod Williams's adaptation lies in the complexity of its characters, who are given depth by a talented cast that also includes Mimi Rogers. With the narrative unfolding like a mystery, viewers have the refreshing opportunity to unravel the details of this intricate story.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 17 September 2004 |
| Runtime: | 111 min |
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as Ted Cole
as Marion Cole
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Critics Reviews
Entertainment Weekly
Everything in the movie -- family demons, May-December sex, the lessons of writing -- ties together with pinpoint precision. That's a pleasure, to be sure, and a limitation, too.
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- by: Owen Gleiberman
The New York Times
Surely the best movie yet made from Mr. Irving's fiction. It may even belong in the rarefied company of movies that are better than the books on which they are based.
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- by: Dana Stevens
Users Reviews
I wish I would have written this right after seeing it, so it might take me a minute to warm up here. The Door in the Floor, starring Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger, is an original, quirky movie. The story is about a children's book author, Ted Cole...
- 23.March.2009
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- by: Jason
- Jason rated this movie
8/10Great
