Sliding Doors 1998 Movie

Playing with alternate realities a woman s.

Sliding doors 1998 movie.

We see it both ways in parallel. All come into focus as the two stories shift back and forth overlap and surprisingly converge. As the sliding doors close while she stands on a subway platfo rm in the lond on underground helen ponders the events in her alternate reality. Summaries 4 synopsis 1 summaries.

A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train. Gwyneth paltrow plays london publicist helen effortlessly sliding between parallel storylines that show what happens if she does or does not catch a train back to her apartment. Sliding doors was shown at the 1998 s undance film festival. 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. Sliding doors 1998 plot. We see it both ways in parallel. Sliding doors is a rather smart and charming romantic comedy that s a lot of fun.

Sliding doors critics consensus. With gwyneth paltrow john hannah john lynch jeanne tripplehorn. Directed by peter howitt. If not then no amount of shifting back and forth between them can help.

We see it both ways in parallel. Sliding doors 1998 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train. The plot of lord dunsany s if also hinges on a future determin ed by catching or missing a train.

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. I submit that there is a simple test to determine whether this plot can work.