The Door

Visually, there's an elegance to "The Door" that feels both a virtue and a limitation.

There's something quite haunting about the relationship between the two women: in some surprising ways, this is a determinedly unsentimental work.

Only cinemagoers who've enjoyed the cringe-worthy cine-sadism of watching train wrecks like Tommy Wiseau's The Room and Plan 9 from Outer Space could and should embrace this turd.

Without make up or any adornments, the haggard Helen Mirren cooks, cleans and growls her way through this intimate, well-handled two-hander opposite the equally able Martina Gedeck.