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Sliding doors movie ending.
We see it both ways in parallel.
With gwyneth paltrow john hannah john lynch jeanne tripplehorn.
Did she die in the path that took her with james.
James is leaving the hospital after visiting his mother and helen is leaving after ending her relationship with gerry.
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.
Ending spoiler for sliding doors 1998 plus mistakes quotes trivia and more.
Sliding doors 1 387 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.
I submit that there is a simple test to determine whether this plot can work.
Sliding doors is a rather smart and charming romantic comedy that s a lot of fun.
I saw her flatline in the hospital as he was talking to her and i was crushed.
20 years after its release the gwyneth paltrow movie lives on as a piece of pop psychology.
One where she gets home early and catches her boyfriend john lynch the secret garden in bed with another woman the other where she doesn t.
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.
A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train.
Helen drops an earring in the elevator and it is picked up by james.
Playing with alternate realities a woman s life takes two divergent paths when in one reality she misses the.
Writer director peter howitt explains how sliding doors the film and the phenomenon got made.
I ll admit the alternate ending was uplifting but i have mixed melancholy feels after seeing it.
I have a question about the end of sliding doors starring gwenyth paltrow.
This mirrors the start of the film where james picks up helen s earring.
Is either time line interesting in itself.
