The Door in the Floor

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 ...more

Films adapted from novels have a tendency toward the Frankenstein-like messiness of stitched-together parts. The Door in the Floor is messy, but in a good way. Writer/director Tod Williams, who demonstrated a flair for this type of screwed-up family drama with his debut film, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, wisely chose to adapt only the first part of John Irving's novel -A Widow for One Year. This allows him to take his time with the story, with enough space for the small but telling details ...more