Door to Door (Widescreen): Amazon.ca: William H. Macy, Kyra Sedgwick, Kathy Baker, Joel Brooks, Woody Jeffreys, Nancy Lenehan, Romy Rosemont, Eric Keenleyside, Daryl Shuttleworth, Helen Mirren, Bill Dow, Michael Shanks, Steven Schachter, Billy Brown, Dan Angel, David A. Rosemont, Forest Whitaker, Robert J. King: DVD

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This earnest movie about a door-to-door salesman with cerebral palsy (based on the true story of Bill Porter) could have been cloyingly sweet, but a sense of humor and the clear, unpretentious performance of William H. Macy keep it from drowning in sentiment. Door to Door follows Porter from when he first gets his job (by convincing a skeptical sales manager to give him the worst route the company has) in the mid-'50s, to his brief retirement in the late 1990s, when door-to-door salesmen became outmoded by catalogs and the Internet. The depiction of how Porter became part of the lives of his customers may feel a little pat, but the portrait of Porter himself--particularly how his persistent independent spirit was also a wall between him and others--is honest and affecting. Also featuring Kyra Sedgwick and the great Helen Mirren as Porter's mother. --Bret Fetzer

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4.0 out of 5 stars Nice Uplifting Movie, Jun 3 2004

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R. Barmore (Niantic, CT) - See all my reviews
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This film doesn't aspire to be much more than it is - a simple, well acted movie that follows a very determined man who has cerebal palsy through his life and career and shows how he snuck in touched others lives along the way. The movie is quiet and unfolds slowly. If you are patient, it will grow on you just as Bill Porter slowly grew on his customers. Touching and inpiring.

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5.0 out of 5 stars If you Understand Cerebral Palsy ....BRILLIANT FILM, Mar 7 2004

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Door to door is the story of Bill Porter who has Cerebral Palsy. This movie portrays Bills struggle in being accepted into the norms of society and being able to excercise his right to live a normal life. Bill Porter struggles to get a Job as a Door to Door salesman but with Patience and Persistence he gets his position. He takes the worst route ever, and encounters many problems along the way. Bill truly showed patience as he never let the doors slamming in his face or the lady with the stains on her couch bring down his esteem. Bills mother was a very strong character as well, we see how she drills patience and persistence into Bill's head. Later on after being diagnosed with Alzheimers Bill mother is faced with her own stereotypical images as well. A realistic and well done film, an emotional story of one mans fight to be valued by those in the community.
.........Must Watch Film............

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, July 19 2004

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J. McAndrew "Jeffrey C. McAndrew" (USA) - See all my reviews
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William Macy, like no other actor I think, can evoke such feelings of compassion. He is also plays a very likeable developmentally disabled person in this film. Bring a Kleenex box along when you view this movie. As a parent of a severely disabled autistic boy, I felt for the character who was limited in his coping skills but who tried and tried and tried to make his life meaningful and to help others through his job as a traveling salesman. Detractors may say Macy over acts, but I think his character makes a sterling point, that people can overcome their severe disabilities with perseverance and the constancy that evolves from the honesty of the human heart.

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Jeffrey McAndrew
author of "Our Brown-Eyed Boy"

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