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Tell Others About This Page By Using This Button "THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR" (2004) (Jeff Bridges, Kim Basinger) (R) Alcohol/ Drugs Blood/Gore Disrespectful/ Bad Attitude Frightening/ Tense Scenes Guns/ Weapons Moderate Mild Heavy Moderate Mild Imitative Behavior Jump Scenes Music (Scary/Tense) Music (Inappropriate) Profanity Mild None None Heavy Heavy Sex/ Nudity Smoking Tense Family Scenes Topics To Talk About Violence Extreme Minor Heavy Heavy Moderate QUICK TAKE: Drama: An aspiring writer starts an internship with a famous author and artist only to end up having an affair with the man's estranged and depressed wife. PLOT: Eddie O'Hare (JON FOSTER) is an aspiring writer whose father gets him a summer internship working for children's author and artist Ted Cole (JEFF BRIDGES). Rather than working in an office, however, Eddie ends up living in Ted's home where he soon discovers that the writer and his wife, Marion (KIM BASINGER), are in a trial separation with each taking turns caring for their young daughter, Ruth (ELLE FANNING). Rather than helping Ted write, Eddie becomes something of an errand boy, doing various odd jobs and chores for the writer, including driving him out to sketch Eleanor Vaughn (MIMI ROGERS), a former lover who still poses in the nude but is becoming increasingly obsessed with her former lover. While she and Ruth's young nanny, Alice (BIJOU PHILLIPS), are attractive, Eddie finds himself attracted to and fantasizing about Marion. She picks up on that and soon the two are having a torrid sexual affair, a development that worries the young intern should Ted find out. Yet, there are other familial troubles lurking about, including the deaths of the Coles' sons some time ago and the fact that Marion is still haunted by that. As the summer wears on and his affair with her continues, Eddie learns more than he was expecting from his internship. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? If they're fans of someone in the cast or adaptations of novelist John Irving's works they might, but this one doesn't otherwise seem attractive to any but the oldest of teens. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R For strong sexuality and graphic images, and language. CAST AS ROLE MODELS: JEFF BRIDGES plays a writer and artist who's separated from his wife, likes to do nude portraits of women, and presumably has sex with his subjects. He also drinks and uses strong profanity. KIM BASINGER plays his estranged wife who's still reeling from her sons' deaths some time ago. She isn't happy in her life or as a mother, but ends up having a sexual affair with Eddie and drinks some. JON FOSTER plays an aspiring writer who takes a job as Ted's intern of sorts but ends up having an affair with his estranged wife. MIMI ROGERS plays one of Ted's nude models who's become obsessed with and then tries to kill him. She also uses strong profanity. ELLE FANNING plays Ted and Marion's young daughter who's curious about her brothers that she never knew. BIJOU PHILLIPS plays her nanny who wears tight/small clothing and uses some strong profanity. CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO HOW OTHERS RATED THIS MOVIE Curious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit? Then read OUR TAKE of this film. (Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below). OUR WORD TO PARENTS: The following is a brief summary of the content found in this R-rated drama. Profanity consists of at least 5 "f" words, while other expletives and colorful phrases are also uttered. Sexually related and sometimes explicit dialogue and song lyrics are present, as are several sexual encounters (with movement, nudity and sounds between a middle-aged woman and a teenage boy) and some scenes featuring a teenage boy masturbating (hand movement). Full frontal and rear nudity of a woman as well as full rear nudity of a man occurs, while artwork also shows nudity, including close-ups of female genitalia. Tense family material includes a strained marriage (with affairs) and talk of and eventually a flashback to family tragedy involving a deadly car accident. That scene and another where a deranged woman chases a man with a knife (albeit with the film portraying that in somewhat of a lighthearted fashion) may be unsettling to some viewers. Some blood is present in a few scenes (as is some brief vomiting), while various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes. Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content. ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE Ted has a drink. We see beer in Ted's fridge and then him opening a bottle of wine and then having a glass. Ted has a drink. Marion has a glass of wine with dinner with Eddie and another back home. People have drinks at a reception. Ted asks Eddie if he wants a drink. The young man says he doesn't and Ted makes himself another one. He later has another. Ted asks Eddie if he wants a drink, but gives him a beer after Eddie says he doesn't want anything (Ted also has a drink). Ted admits that he and Marion had been drinking on the night their sons were killed (that led to one of the son's driving). BLOOD/GORE We see some dead squid being gutted for their ink. We see some blood on some towels after Ruth has cut her hand on a broken framed photo. We see a little blood around that glass and then a shot of a doctor stitching up that wound. Ted has some blood on his shirt and hand (possibly from touching an unseen chest wound) and a few scrapes on his face. We hear and partially see Ted vomiting out a window after realizing that the ice cubes he's used aren't made of water, but rather black squid ink. We hear and see the beginning of a flashback where a woman sees her son's shoe following a car wreck and goes to retrieve it only to realize it's still attached to his severed leg (none of the latter is seen). DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE Ted is a womanizer who cheats on his wife with Eleanor. Marion has an affair with Eddie. Eleanor becomes obsessed with Ted and eventually (and in a somewhat lighthearted fashion -- on the part of the movie), chases after Ted with a huge kitchen knife, trying to kill him. FRIGHTENING SCENES In a somewhat lighthearted fashion (on the part of the movie), an upset Eleanor chases after Ted with a huge kitchen knife. He has some blood on his shirt and hand (possibly from touching an unseen chest wound) and a few scrapes on his face. When he thinks he has eluded her, she comes after him in her SUV, nearly hitting her gardener who dives out of the way. He then makes it to the beach, but she then runs out there and chases him again with that knife. We see a brief flashback of a bad accident where a car smashes into the back of another (seen from inside) and a snowplow then smashes through the hit car (also seen from the inside). We hear that the driver was killed instantly and that the passenger bled from having his leg cut off, but only see shots of their heads. We hear and see the beginning of a flashback where a woman sees her son's shoe following a car wreck and goes to retrieve it only to realize it's still attached to his severed leg (none of the latter is seen). GUNS/WEAPONS In a somewhat lighthearted fashion (on the part of the movie), an upset Eleanor chases after Ted with a huge kitchen knife. He has some blood on his shirt and hand (possibly from touching an unseen chest wound) and a few scrapes on his face. IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR Phrases: "You f*cking fraud," "Where the f*ck is my wife?" "F*ck you (guys)," "F*cked up," "So f*cking beautiful," "Jeez," "Pissed off," "Screw" (nonsexual), "You disgusting cretin," "Rat's ass," "The hell she did" and "Jesus, aren't you the optimist?" In a somewhat lighthearted fashion (on the part of the movie), an upset Eleanor chases after Ted with a huge kitchen knife. JUMP SCENES None. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) None. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) We hear sexually suggestive and explicit lyrics in a rap song on the radio where the female singer says (among other things), "Lick my p*ssy," uses the term "nigger" and "bitch" and then something about her screaming sexually. PROFANITY At least 5 "f" words, 1 "s" word, 1 slang term for female genitals ("p*ssy"), 2 hells, 1 ass, 1 S.O.B., 4 uses each of "For Christ's sakes" and "Jesus," 3 of "Christ," 2 each of "G-damn" and "Jesus Christ" and 1 use each of "My God" and "Oh Christ." SEX/NUDITY After waking him up, young Ruth (maybe 4 years old) matter-of-factly tells her father that his penis looks strange. He then matter-of-factly replies that it is. We then see him carrying her down the hallway to look at family pictures and see that he's completely nude (we see him from behind and thus see his bare butt). Ted matter-of-factly strips in front of Eddie after playing squash and walks nude out to his outdoor shower (we see his bare butt) where he showers in front of him. A camera shot purposefully shows the family's shapely nanny Alice (in small and tight-fitting clothing) as she walks behind and around Eddie (her head is out of the camera shot). With Eleanor ready to pose for Ted's art, he tells her to remove her dress. She does and we see her in her bra and panties. He then tells her to remove her bra. She does, but we don't see anything in the head and shoulders shot. Eddie smells Marion's pillow at her apartment. We see a young couple briefly kiss at a nighttime bonfire on the beach. They then get up and walk away (presumably to fool around and/or have sex). We see Eddie in bed masturbating to a photo of Marion. We see hand movement under the sheet, but Ted and Ruth barge in and interrupt him (we briefly see him in his boxers). Eddie reacts to a smell in the apartment after Ted and Eleanor have left and then looks over to the rumpled bed sheets, suggesting he was smelling sex. Marion walks in on Eddie standing at her bed, masturbating to the sight of her bra and panties that he's laid out on the bed (we see hand movement going down out of the camera shot). He quickly pulls up his pants (we see him in his boxers) and both are embarrassed. She then says that she knows it's what boys his age do and is flattered that he chose her as his fantasy object. It's implied that Ted and Eleanor have sex. Eddie comes back to the apartment to see that Marion had laid out her pink sweater, bra and panties on the bed for him to masturbate to. It's implied that Eddie masturbated again to Marion's clothes as she comments on two colors not going together and him replying that he wasn't thinking about the colors. Then, while talking about her teenage sons, Marion says that she doesn't know if they had sex (before they died). She then asks Eddie if that's all boys want and he replies that it is and that he'd like it before he dies. She then asks if he's had sex, he says he hasn't, and she then apologizes that it's too hot for her to wear the pink sweater he fantasizes about her wearing. While seated on the bed, she starts to undo her top (we see cleavage) and he strips down to his boxers. She then lifts up her skirt, takes his hand, and puts it up to her crotch (we don't see the contact). He immediately reacts and apparently climaxes right then. A bit later, she tells him that he still really hasn't had sex and then pulls him on top of her, suggesting that they have sex (the scene ends there). An abstract drawing (seen as a slide) shows a boy crouched down to the floor, with an abstract nub presumably representing his penis. We see a full body side angle shot of Eddie having sex on top of Marion, with movement, sounds, and views of the sides of their bare butts and her bare breasts. As Eleanor poses completely nude for Ted for a portrait, we see a full frontal view of her. He then spins around the platform on which she's standing and we then see a full rear nude shot of her. Ted sarcastically tells Eddie that the latter needs to catch up on his sleep anyway (following an exhausting squash match and implying that Ted knows about Eddie and Marion having sex). Rose walks down the hall as we hear faint sexual sounds. She then walks into her mom's bedroom where she sees Eddie and Marion having rear entry intercourse (she's kneeling down on the edge of the bed and he gets off her to grab a lampshade to cover his nudity, but not before we've seen both of their bare butts). The girl screams upon seeing this sight, but Marion calmly tells her to go back to her room and the little girl does. The next day, Ted mentions that he heard about the above and comments on the rear entry style, and that he has no problem with that position or others. He does say, however, that the two of them doing it "doggishly" must have seemed even more animalistic to the little girl. We see Eddie and Marion lying side by side in bed, apparently right after sex (both are still breathing hard). After a moment of talking, he rolls over on his side against her and she says, "You don't need more time?" and he shakes his head "no" (implying more sex). We see Eleanor posing for Ted again, this time reclined back on some furniture with her legs spread, but some fabric covering any explicit views of her. Marion mentions that Eleanor is now in the degrading stage of nude portraits for Ted (meaning he's now degrading Eleanor). We see Marion in a bikini top. We hear sexually suggestive and explicit lyrics in a rap song on the radio where the female singer says (among other things), "Lick my p*ssy" and then there's something about her screaming sexually. We briefly see footage on a TV from one of those girls gone wild video offerings showing close up views of busty young women and another doing some clothed rhythmic movement with her hips on something. We see Marion slowly moving on top of Eddie who's lying flat on the bed (they're having sex). There's no explicit nudity or any passion as she has a dazed look on her face. We see an arty portrait of Eleanor that shows her bare breasts as well as her with her legs spread, showing her genitals. We see a brief view of Eleanor's crotch as the wind blows her robe open. Eleanor has Eddie break her large plate glass window and then (in a domineering style) tells him he must pick her up and carry her inside. As he does so, she slaps him on the face (again, in a sexual fashion), but he then leaves. After Eddie tells Marion that he loves her, she takes his hand and places it on her clothed chest (presumably over her heart, but also on her clothed breast). When Eddie complains that he can't get a framed picture from a store, the owner tells him that all complaints must be in writing. He then tries to explain the situation and begins by writing that he and Marion have made love around 60 times. Ted looks over a young woman's clothed body in a store and says that it's too bad she doesn't have a car to drive him home. A young woman talks of writing a paper on Ted's "Door in the floor" book and comments on that very thing being a vagina motif. Ted proposes to a woman and her young adult daughter that they be his next portrait subjects (meaning eventual nudity and/or sex is what he desires). When the mother asks what sort of drawing, one of Eleanor's old ones (showing a close-up of her genitals) flies up and gets stuck on the car's windshield. We see the family's nanny in another pair of very small and tight shorts. SMOKING Eddie's father lights a pipe. TENSE FAMILY SCENES Ruth drags a chair down the hallway, positions it below a picture, climbs it and then asks her dad about her dead brothers that she never met. She asks if dead means they're broken and whether they're under the ground now. Ted replies that their bodies are (for both questions). Ruth then says that it makes her sad, but that her mommy is sadder. Ted tells Marion that he wants to try separating for the summer and then adds, "Just temporarily." Eddie learns that Ted and Marion alternate nights staying at the house with their daughter. Marion admits that it was wrong for her and Ted to have their daughter (after the earlier tragedy). When Eddie tries to get Marion to talk about the accident that killed her sons, she immediately goes into a daze. Marion decides to leave town forever, saying she doesn't want her daughter (who she's abandoning) to be like her. A woman briefly talks about and starts to cry over her late husband. Ted recounts his family's tragedy from the past and we see a flashback to a bad auto accident that took their sons' lives. TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT Dealing with family tragedies. Strained/failing marriages. Affairs. Writers & artists. Posing nude for art. VIOLENCE Eleanor has Eddie break her large plate glass window and then (in a domineering style) tells him he must pick her up and carry her inside. As he does so, she slaps him on the face (again, in a sexual fashion), but he then leaves. After Ted slaps him, Eddie follows Marion's earlier advice and punches Ted in the face. In a somewhat lighthearted fashion (on the part of the movie), an upset Eleanor chases after Ted with a huge kitchen knife. He has some blood on his shirt and hand (possibly from touching an unseen chest wound) and a few scrapes on his face. When he thinks he has eluded her, she comes after him in her SUV, nearly hitting her gardener who dives out of the way. He then makes it to the beach, but she then runs out there and chases him again with that knife. We see a brief flashback of a bad accident where a car smashes into the back of another (seen from inside) and a snowplow then smashes through the hit car (also seen from the inside). We hear that the driver was killed instantly and that the passenger bled from having his leg cut off, but only see shots of their heads. Reviewed May 24, 2004 / Posted July 14, 2004

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