The Door In The Floor Film Review

The door in the floor nimbly shifts between melodrama and comedy with a delightful and perfectly executed excursion into high farce near the end and it seems perpetually to be discovering new possibilities for its characters.

The door in the floor film review.

It is an adult drama with characters you sympathize. 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 a. If you re in the mood though this better than the book adaptation casts quite a. Marion may be evil too but she s nicer about it.

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. Complex candid and satisfying the door in the floor beckons back to the socially provocative american films of the late 60s and early 70s. Ted is a thoroughgoing sob. It is an adult drama with characters you sympathize.

The relationship between marion and eddie is the least satisfactory in the movie because the movie isn t really about it it s about how ted and marion use it. With jeff bridges kim basinger jon foster elle fanning. The film should be about their transgression not their technique. A writer s young assistant becomes both pawn and catalyst in his boss s disintegrating household.

Basinger are both very good but the film is dominated by mr. The door in the floor movie reviews metacritic score. Complex candid and satisfying the door in the floor beckons back to the socially provocative american films of the late 60s and early 70s.