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.
Sliding doors ending explained.
I submit that there is a simple test to determine whether this plot can work.
Writer director peter howitt explains how sliding doors the film and the phenomenon got made.
Plot summary synopsis and more.
At the end of sliding doors the bad version of helen s life elides right into the good version.
If not then no amount of shifting back and forth between them can help.
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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Retro nerd girl reviews the movie sliding doors released in 1998.
Helen drops an earring in the elevator and it is picked up by james.
James is leaving the hospital after visiting his mother and helen is leaving after ending her relationship with gerry.
Other actors include jeanne tripplehorn zara.
This mirrors the start of the film where james picks up helen s earring.
I have a question about the end of sliding doors starring gwenyth paltrow.
I saw her flatline in the hospital as he was talking to her and i was crushed.
Gwyneth paltrow john hannah and john lynch.
In both of the parallel universes of sliding doors 1998 helen gwyneth paltrow is a londoner who loses her job and finds out her boyfriend is cheating on her.
I ll admit the alternate ending was uplifting but i have mixed melancholy feels after seeing it.
In one universe helen makes her.
Even in the bad version the philandering asshole boyfriend eventually gets found out and dumped the true love eventually gets met cute and the mvp friend comes through.
Ending spoiler for sliding doors 1998 plus mistakes quotes trivia and more.