Synopsis
The lives of Ted and Marion Cole are thrown into disarray when their two adolescent sons die in a car wreck. Marion withdraws from Ted and Ruth, the couple's daughter. Ted, a well-known writer, hires as his assistant a student named Eddie, who looks oddly similar to one of the Coles' dead sons. The couple separate, and Marion begins an affair with Eddie, while Ted has a dalliance with his neighbor Evelyn.
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Cast
- Jeff BridgesTed Cole
- Kim BasingerMarion Cole
- Jon FosterEddie O'Hare
- Mimi RogersEvelyn Vaughn
- Elle FanningRuth Cole
- Bijou PhillipsAlice
- Larry PineIntervistatore
- John RothmanMinty O'Hare
- Harvey LoomisDr. Loomis
- Libby Langdondonna alla Reception
Recommendations
- 100
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. - 90
The Hollywood Reporter
The production is graced by bold performances, lyrical visuals and, most notably, Irving's own words, which have made the transition quite intact thanks to a faithful but still filmic adaptation by writer-director Tod Williams. - 90
Variety
A thoughtful, melancholy story of love, loss, pain, betrayal and the lingering after-effects of tragedy, The Door in the Floor is an intelligent, impeccably acted, unsentimental drama. - 90
Los Angeles Times
Bridges turns a two-dimensional image into a presence so vital, so filled with breath and blood, that you uneasily fall in love with his character and abandon all thought of the artifice that's brought it to life. - 75
ReelViews
Well-made, and it held my attention throughout, but this is one of those motion pictures where it's easier to admire than like the final result. - 75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
It works as a fascinating and often very funny character study/satire of a famous author, though it loses interest the harder it tries to be profound and falls apart completely toward the end. - 70
The A.V. Club
Bridges turns in another remarkable performance, and he's well-matched by Foster. - 70
Village Voice
Eliminates much of its source's plot, focusing on the book's first third. The result is a crisply shot chamber piece for husband, wife, and boy.
