Door in the Floor

Pros: Jeff Bridges is brilliant
Cons: Kim Basinger isn't, a small characterization problem

I was recently reminded of how many children’s stories of old have to them a truly nasty, alarming tone. They’re cautionary tales about the bad things that happen to naughty children. Or about the evil ways of the world and things that go bump ...

Pros: Bridges, Basinger, Foster, Fanning
Cons: Similar in many ways to The World According To Garp

Every picture tells a story to Ted Cole. Storytelling, in fact, is his life. In "The Door In The Floor," Ted (Jeff Bridges) is a successful writer and illustrator of children's books. The source of much of Ted's inspiration comes from his daughter, Ruth ...

Pros: Bridges, humor, disturbing
Cons: Basinger, seems unrealistic, disturbing

Ah, the idol rich. What a wacky bunch... Ted and Marion Cole (Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger) lead the kind of life that most of us dream about. They lounge around their beachfront house in the Hamptons, playing the occasional game of squash, writing ...

Pros: Towering performances by Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger.
Cons: Lackluster performance by Jon Foster.

I have four children, and thank God I have not another who was lost to the twisting winds of the world in which we live. I'd like to think that I could handle the grief and move on, but who's to say. Can any of use really know? What would it do to our ...

Pros: Has good actors, unfortunately they are waisted on these characters.
Cons: I didn't like the characters

I normally don’t start out giving my opinion of something at the beginning of a review, but I recently watched Door In the Floor staring Jeff Bridges and Kim Bassinger, and I am sure that there are many who will disagree with me but I just didn’t like ...

Pros: Acting is strong; subtle about emotional truths
Cons: Gets a bit farcical towards end

Early in THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR, Ted Cole (Jeff Bridges) is having a conversation with his wife Marion (Kim Basinger) on their expansive lawn in the Hamptons. As Marion rests in a state of muted despair on a lawn chair, Ted casually speaks of building a ...

Pros: Wonderful work by Bridges.
Cons: None that were distracting.

Ted Cole is a successful children’s author who has recently separated from his wife after the couple had suffered for years over the tragic deaths of their two teenaged sons. But unlike his wife, whose depression and withdrawal from life has made her ...

Pros: Good ensemble acting
Cons: Dreary, dull and depressing.

There's no nice way to say this: I didn't like The Door in the Floor at all. It's not a badly directed, acted or photographed film. What it is, is a slow, relentlessly grim, depressing and ultimately ambivalent film about a bunch of people who ...

Pros: The acting was pretty good considering the script.
Cons: Slow storyline, not much of a plot.

Not knowing much about the movie beforehand, I was still excited to receive a free pass for The Door in the Floor. My sister and I headed to the premiere on Tuesday evening, eager to see the new flick. Leaving the theater afterwards, I was disappointed ...