A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train.
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Playing with alternate realities a woman s life takes two divergent paths when in one reality she misses the.
Directed by michael engler.
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Hence the name of the movie.
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.
What would life be like it kimmy never got in the reverend s van and titus missed his audition for the lion king.
We see it both ways in parallel.
I submit that there is a simple test to determine whether this plot can work.
When helen leaves her job to return home the film splits off into two case scenarios one where she makes her train and one where she doesn t as the sliding doors close off her entry.
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Is either time line interesting in itself.
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If not then no amount of shifting back and forth between them can help.
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With ellie kemper tituss burgess carol kane jane krakowski.
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.
With gwyneth paltrow john hannah john lynch jeanne tripplehorn.
We see it both ways in parallel.
From then on the film presents the viewer with two case scenarios.