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The Door in the Floor

The most dangerous secrets are the ones we're afraid to tell ourselves.

2004 · 1h 51m · R Drama
Directed by Tod Williams

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The lives of Ted and Marion Cole are thrown into disarray when their two adolescent sons die in a car wreck. Marion withdraws from Ted and Ruth, the couple's daughter. Ted, a well-known writer, hires as his assistant a student named Eddie, who looks oddly similar to one of the Coles' dead sons. The couple separate, and Marion begins an affair with Eddie, while Ted has a dalliance with his neighbor Evelyn.

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All reviews
67%
Tomatometer
Fresh

One of the best Irving adaptations, a movie with a sad soul and something to say about that state in us all.

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten

Since when are dullness and realism synonymous?

Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten

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.

David Denby, New Yorker
Fresh

Not one enigmatic person in The Door in the Floor asks to be liked, but you like them anyway.

Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten

I can't say I minded the movie too much, but I can't say it ever grabbed me, which is how I feel about every other movie adapted from an Irving novel.

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

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