The Door in the Floor (2004)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger, Jon Foster, Elle Fanning, Mimi Rogers
Director: Tod Williams
Screenplay: Tod Williams (based on a John Irving novel)
Running Time: 111 minutes
FEATURE came as part of a boxed set as a birthday present - there were a couple of nuggets in there already, and this one turned out to be a nice little surprise.
Pic definitely belongs in the Chick Flick category, but having two sons (somewhat younger), I can empathise with Marion and how hard it would be to get over such a tragedy. I’ve never been a huge fan of Basinger (Oscar or no Oscar), but she really does play the tharn-induced, lost wife quite well. Foster is quite good in a Chris O’Donnell kind of way (think Scent of a Woman), and Bridges encompasses the idiosyncrasies of the character so well, I wonder how much he is stretching himself.
3 out of 5 stars
NB: Tharn is a term used by Richard Adams in Watership Down when describing the look a rabbit has when caught in headlights. I love the word and use it often as I can! So all those trainspotting wordsmiths who are scratching their heads and wondering if there is such a word in reality, the answer is no! ;O)
