From the desk of The Movie Snob:
 
The Door in the Floor  (B).  This new movie starring Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger is based on a book by John Irving that I have never read.  It is a sad story of a small family haunted by a terrible tragedy.  Bridges and Basinger are a married couple, Ted and Marian Cole, and Elle Fanning does a fantastic job as their almost-forgotten, roughly four-year-old daughter Ruth.  They are living on a remote island in the Northeast, and Ted is a successful writer of children's books.  One summer, a prep school boy and aspiring writer named Eddie comes to stay with them and learn what he can from Ted about writing.  Instead, he learns a lot about dysfunction with a capital D.  It's no feel-good movie, but I found it interesting and watchable.