I liked this movie, and it conjured up memories from the book which I read a few months back. However, important things were left out, in particular the ending.
Omissions are normal, perhaps inevitable when a novel is converted to film. There is nothing missing here that affects continuity or motivation; in fact, I found the movie was remarkably close to John Irving's book. However--
"A Widow for One Year" went on; "The Door in the Floor" did not.
Had I not read the book I would have been satisfied, but, in fact, I did read the book. I wanted to see what happened next. Admittedly the most important scenes are here, but this seems a fragmented and isolated segment from something larger. It's a summer frozen in time, leaving us to wonder about the lives of these magnificently drawn characters.
And that's the end of the story.
Omissions are normal, perhaps inevitable when a novel is converted to film. There is nothing missing here that affects continuity or motivation; in fact, I found the movie was remarkably close to John Irving's book. However--
"A Widow for One Year" went on; "The Door in the Floor" did not.
Had I not read the book I would have been satisfied, but, in fact, I did read the book. I wanted to see what happened next. Admittedly the most important scenes are here, but this seems a fragmented and isolated segment from something larger. It's a summer frozen in time, leaving us to wonder about the lives of these magnificently drawn characters.
And that's the end of the story.