Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

tbills2 The Door in the Floor is an easy movie to fall in love with. It's a real beautiful film. It is so very good on its own fair worth of values displaying such a deeply heartfelt story while within fine movie production. Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger each do fantastic jobs giving forth their simply flawless performances that were either going to make or break the movie but rest assured that Bridges and Basinger make the movie with acting greatness presented in such ease. In The Door in the Floor, there's a lot of sadness, a lot of heart, and a lot of nudity, and nudity and sex is involved in nearly all of the crucial story points, or climaxes, more like it. I'm so very gracious to Kim Basinger, Jeff Bridges and Mimi Rogers for baring their nude parts, especially Mimi Rogers, and especially Jeff Bridges, but especially Mimi Rogers. The Door in the Floor has an ever freely open plot mostly dealing with the sorrows of life and love. The characters do create a nice bond to the viewers in this personally inviting film. Despite that the story is presented so methodically slow, it overcomes the daunting task of not becoming boring by featuring excellently natural dialogue while gently moving through its interesting and well-framed story line. I only wish that this review might do something the same. The Door in the Floor is so very well assembled from scene to scene. It may be too much drama but it's touching.

Desertman84 Tod Williams served as both director and screenwriter for this drama, adapted from a portion of John Irving's novel A Widow for One Year in this movie,The Door In The Floor.It stars Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger together with Jon Foster and Bijou Phillips.Ted and Marion Cole are a couple whose marriage is on the verge of collapse. After their two teenage sons died in an auto accident, Marion fell into a deep depression from which she has never fully emerged. Meanwhile, Ted has drifted into repeated infidelity, his most recent mistress being the sexually ravenous Mrs. Vaughn and neither Ted nor Marion are willing or able to devote their full attention to their surviving daughter,Ruth. Ted, a successful author of books for children, hires Eddie, a bright 16-year-old prep-school student, to help him edit his latest manuscript. But Ted is fully aware that Eddie bears a striking resemblance to one of his late sons which would would have a powerful effect on Marion. Eddie quickly develops a strong attraction to his employer's beautiful wife, and Marion, torn between grief and desire, draws him into a sexual relationship that brings the family's many emotional crises to the breaking point. This is a complex, candid, and satisfying movie that brings back to the socially provocative films. It is an adult drama with characters you sympathize with in spite of their immoral behavior.Also,Jeff Bridges demonstrates once again that he is one of the finest actors with his great performance as Ted.Finally,this is one of the better adaptations of a John Irving novel.

jrmmgr This film is an example of the Hollywood business types directing a project. Here's the idea: a prime audience demographic is teen-aged boys, get their hard-earned summer job money in return for help with those self- stimulation sessions. Get their ticket money with: a character to identify with: Eddie; a really beautiful woman (Kim Basinger) who gets naked for Eddie and does him 60 times over a summer at the beach. Three other somewhat less pretty, but attractive nonetheless, women who throw themselves at him (Mimi Rogers--full nudity front and back--and Amanda Posner, and Bijou Phillips). No parental guidance here. The (unaccountably wealthy) adults are irresponsible playpeople. chchchchchchiiiiinnnnngggg!

Chrysanthepop 'The Door in the Floor' happens to be based on John Irving's 'Widow For A Year'. I like most of his work and they are sort of set in a strange world where the main characters are in search for something. 'The Door In The Floor' falls on the same line. It essentially shows two characters, Ted and Marion, going through a chronic grieving process which they both experience differently. While Ted is still somewhat in touch with the world (finding things (e.g. affair with models, building a pool) to keep himself distracted) albeit very loosely as is evident in his disheveled and neglected lifestyle, Marion has lost all her feelings except that of grief. Then there are two other characters who are in search of something. Their daughter Ruth is trying to find her way in her mother's lost world and her way around the house coming to terms with her family loss in her own childly way. There's Eddie who's a fan of Ted and himself aspires to be a writer but he too is looking for something.Tod Williams presents some wonderful visuals. The feeling of loss and loneliness is well created. For example, with the use of weather where the overcast sky adds to the silent cry of the characters. Yet, there's a sense of humour (typical Irving style humour) that appears at the right moment. The cinematography, especially the close-ups and zooming are well done. The score is whimsical but rightfully gentle.Both Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger give beautifully skilled subtle performances. Bridges portrays Ted's loss of focus brilliantly yet he also effectively manages to portray him as a loving father. Basinger steals the show. I remember one particular scene that is among the finest examples of understated acting. It's the scene where Eddie confronts her about her sons' death and then we witness her expression change very slowly while remaining silent. Jon Foster is confident in his role and holds his own with the veteran co-stars. Elle Fanning is okay even though at times appears to be too much of a chatterbox. Mimi Rogers does a fine job of playing the neurotic model.'The Door In The Floor' is not one that would appeal to everyone because the 'point' isn't directly obvious but it's a story well told and a film well made and at the end one does feel a sense of satisfaction as the characters finally take a step forward.