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  • 2004
  • R
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2004
  • R
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 51 m

Summary Set in the beach community of East Hampton, New York, the film chronicles one pivotal summer in the lives of famous children's books author Ted Cole (Bridges) and his beautiful wife Marion (Basinger), exploring the complexities of love in its brightest, most mysterious, and darkest corners. (Focus Features)

Directed By: Tod Williams

Written By: John Irving, Tod Williams

  • 2004
  • R
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2004
  • R
  • Focus Features
  • 1 h 51 m

The Door in the Floor

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 38 Critic Reviews
67
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 52 User Ratings
7.8
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Summary Set in the beach community of East Hampton, New York, the film chronicles one pivotal summer in the lives of famous children's books author Ted Cole (Bridges) and his beautiful wife Marion (Basinger), exploring the complexities of love in its brightest, most mysterious, and darkest corners. (Focus Features)

Directed By: Tod Williams

Written By: John Irving, Tod Williams

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 38 Critic Reviews
67
66% Positive
25 Reviews
29% Mixed
11 Reviews
5% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 38 Critic Reviews
67
66% Positive
25 Reviews
29% Mixed
11 Reviews
5% Negative
2 Reviews

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100
One of those rare and complex dramas that you can enter, not simply watch.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
88
You can't shut the door on this spellbinder. It gets into your head.
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW
75
Williams handles the main line of the story, the war between Ted and Marion, clearly and strongly; you may not always hurt the one you love, but you certainly know how to.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
70
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.
By Ed Park FULL REVIEW
60
This better-than-the-book adaptation casts quite a spell.
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50
For all its handsomeness and its occasional moments of piercing intelligence, it's 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.
By David Denby FULL REVIEW
25
Showcasing three individuals whose spiritual and physical journeys are both repellent and mundane, the film is just a long and pointless slog.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 52 User Ratings
7.8
75% Positive
39 Ratings
8% Mixed
4 Ratings
17% Negative
9 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 52 User Ratings
7.8
75% Positive
39 Ratings
8% Mixed
4 Ratings
17% Negative
9 Ratings

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Production Company Focus Features, This Is That Productions, Revere Pictures, Good Machine
Release Date Jul 14, 2004
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline The most dangerous secrets are the ones we're afraid to tell ourselves.
Website http://www.thedoorinthefloor.com/
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Awards

Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 2 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
International Cinephile Society Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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