Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 07/14/2004(USA
Release Date: 12/14/2004
SubTitles: English/Espanol/French
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 111 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios
Tod Williams served as both director and screenwriter for this
drama, adapted from a portion of
John Irving's novel
A Widow for One Year.
Ted and
Marion Cole (
Jeff Bridges and
Kim Basinger) are a couple whose marriage is on the verge of collapse. After their two teenage sons died in an auto accident,
Marion fell into a deep depression from which she has never fully emerged. Meanwhile,
Ted has drifted into repeated infidelity, his most recent mistress being the sexually ravenous
Mrs. Vaughn (
Mimi Rogers), and neither
Ted nor
Marion are willing or able to devote their full attention to their surviving daughter,
Ruth (
Elle Fanning).
Ted, a successful author of books for children, hires
Eddie (
Jon Foster), a bright 16-year-old prep-school student, to help him edit his latest manuscript. But
Ted is fully aware that
Eddie bears a striking resemblance to one of his late sons -- and that this would have a powerful effect on
Marion.
Eddie quickly develops a strong attraction to his employer's beautiful wife, and
Marion, torn between grief and desire, draws him into a sexual relationship that brings the family's many emotional crises to the breaking point.
The Door in the Floor also features
Bijou Phillips and
Louis Arcella.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
;)
