Based on 1/3 of John Irving’s novel A Widow for One Year, Door cleanly distills this dense 1/3 into a very watchable and enjoyable stand-alone film. I do not recall the novel with perfect clarity, thus I cannot recall what 1/3 this was, but it was unimportant to my viewing. Steady, quiet performances by Jeff Bridges and (gasp) Kim Basinger lead the way in this tale of loss and renewal. An attempt to summarize the story might give too much away, and would not do the story justice. The Fanning children seem to be the Culkins of this generation. I’ll be interested to see if the rest of the novel will get filmed.

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