We see it both ways in parallel.
Sliding doors movie gerry.
Gerry s pal russell spouts some exposition to which gerry repeatedly replies i know.
With gwyneth paltrow john hannah john lynch jeanne tripplehorn.
The timeline where helen.
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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.
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.
I submit that there is a simple test to determine whether this plot can work.
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.
Blonde helen and brunette helen.
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.
If not then no amount of shifting back and forth between them can help.
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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.
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All this fornicating and suspense about who is cheating on whom tends to make sliding doors more of a fantastic soap opera than the richer and more complex life study to which it aspires.
Two timelines one where helen got to the tube and one where she didn t.
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.
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.
