Greenes
Please don't spend money on this.
Sexyloutak
Absolutely the worst movie.
Glucedee
It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
Parker Lewis
The Door in the Floor is very thought provoking and quite emotional and really is gut wrenching. There are several sub-plots and one feature is the affair between Marion Cole (played by the beautiful Kim Basinger) an Eddie O'Hare (played by Jon Foster) which went against typical movie norms. Traditionally, when the male seduces the female, the male is often older, or at least the actor is much older than the actress (e.g. Basic Instinct, Don't Look Now) but here Kim Basinger is 30 years older than Jon Foster, and kudos to the production team for not shying away from this.
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.
garman-productions
Plodding action and not believable characterizations throughout. Nudity by Bridges in lead role with child actor present in scene shows bad judgment on everyone's part, especially the director and the child's real life parents.Kim Basinger is mostly one dimensional and near catatonic in some scenes. Script copies other, better films like "The Summer of '42". Mimi Rogers is a nude body in one scene and a flaming hysteric in another scene; just another case of desperation and overacting on her part.Don't believe the glowing reviews. An irresponsible boring mess of a movie.
Billy_Crash
Jon Irving is a marvelous American writer and his stories, although unique, bring us characters we can always associate with on some psychological and emotional level. "The Door in the Floor" is no exception.Based upon the first third of "A Widow for One Year", many viewers are upset that Ruth's storyline wasn't included. We all have to remember a simple thing: A book is a book and a movie is a movie. They are worlds apart in many ways. Keep that in mind and, hopefully, this will detract from any disappointment.The story is solid and intriguing, the characters are wonderfully flawed, and the acting is phenomenal. Most importantly, the symbolism and imagery are subtle, yet always present, which fully reveals William's and Irving's respect for intelligent audiences.This is a poignant and thought-provoking drama not to be missed.
