By chance a woman discovers her boyfriend is having an affair at the same time she meets a much nicer guy who s getting divorced.
Sliding doors movie analysis.
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.
Sliding doors is a 1998 film of a drama and romantic comedy genre.
We see it both ways in parallel.
Containing fantasy elements reminiscent of groundhog day this movie explores what would happen if a young british woman named helen played by gwyneth paltrow actually caught the train home after a difficult day and what would happen if she missed it.
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Other actors include jeanne tripplehorn zara.
Parents need to know that sliding doors is a 1998 fantasy about finding love featuring two parallel stories.
Sliding doors 1998 on imdb.
Gwyneth paltrow john hannah and john lynch.
Sliding doors is a cinematic study of how a single event in our lives can drastically change our future.
With gwyneth paltrow john hannah john lynch jeanne tripplehorn.
I submit that there is a simple test to determine whether this plot can work.
A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train.
Retro nerd girl reviews the movie sliding doors released in 1998.
The worse off scenario.
Despite the gimmicky feel of the split narratives the movie is watch able due to the winning performances by the cast.
If not then no amount of shifting back and forth between them can help.
While the two timelines split with helen missing the titular doors the more important catalyst for divergence is when the helen who caught the train walks in on her boyfriend cheating on her.
Before the doors close james tells helen to cheer up and repeats his line you know what the monty python boys say helen who in the beginning of the film assumed the rejoinder to be always look on the bright side of life says nobody expects the.
Directed by peter howitt.
The film revolves around the main character helen played by gwyneth paltrow and the plot splits into two parallel universes based on the two paths helen s life could take depending on whether she catches a london underground train or not.
Is either time line interesting in itself.
The plot is based on the difference it makes to this woman s life whether she gets or misses a tube train.
Pregnancy and losing a baby are plot points.
