Sliding doors 1 379 imdb 6 7 1h 39min 1998 x ray pg 13 this cleverly conceived romantic comedy follows a london woman oscar winner gwyneth paltrow shakespeare in love on two hypothetical paths.
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Sliding doors uses parallel time lines to explore the different paths that a woman s life might take after she does and doesn t find her lover in bed with another woman.
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With gwyneth paltrow john hannah john lynch jeanne tripplehorn.
Two timelines one where helen got to the tube and one where she didn t.
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Sliding doors nice concept shaky execution that about sums up the mixed blessings of british actor peter howitt s intelligent but forgivably flawed debut as a writer director.
Furthermore helen s reaction to the cheating james and gerry makes this almost a feminist anti male men are pigs movie.
Is either time line interesting in itself.
A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train.
Lydia s establishing character moment is full of this.
Directed by peter howitt.
Blonde helen and brunette helen.
Sliding doors is a 1998 romantic comedy drama film written and directed by peter howitt and starring gwyneth paltrow and john hannah while also featuring john lynch jeanne tripplehorn and virginia mckenna the film alternates between two storylines showing two paths the central character s life could take depending on whether or not she catches a train.
I submit that there is a simple test to determine whether this plot can work.
The timeline where helen.
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If not then no amount of shifting back and forth between them can help.
It s got more emotional depth than most frothy romantic comedies and its central idea the parallel tracking of two possible destinies for a young london professional.
Gerry s pal russell spouts some exposition to which gerry repeatedly replies i know.