Fresh
One of the best Irving adaptations, a movie with a sad soul and something to say about that state in us all.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
The Door in the Floor
The most dangerous secrets are the ones we're afraid to tell ourselves.
2004 · 1h 51m · R
Drama
Directed by
Tod Williams
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The Door in the Floor
Overview
A writer's young assistant becomes both pawn and catalyst in his boss's disintegrating household.
Director and cast
- Tod Williams Director
- Jeff Bridges as Ted Cole
- Kim Basinger as Marion Cole
- Jon Foster as Eddie O'Hare
- Mimi Rogers as Evelyn Vaughn
- Elle Fanning as Ruth Cole
- Bijou Phillips as Alice
- Larry Pine as Intervistatore
- John Rothman as Minty O'Hare
- Harvey Loomis as Dr. Loomis
- Libby Langdon as donna alla Reception
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Since when are dullness and realism synonymous?
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
A fundamentally depressing piece of work -- not because it deals with tragic events and memories but because the characters seem hapless and even stupid, and the writer-director can't, or won't, take control.
David Denby, New Yorker
Fresh
Not one enigmatic person in The Door in the Floor asks to be liked, but you like them anyway.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
I can't say I minded the movie too much, but I can't say it ever grabbed me, which is how I feel about every other movie adapted from an Irving novel.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
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