Sliding Doors Movie Gerry

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.

Sliding doors movie gerry.

A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train. Blonde helen and brunette helen. 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. Gerry s pal russell spouts some exposition to which gerry repeatedly replies i know.

Sliding doors 1998 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. With gwyneth paltrow john hannah john lynch jeanne tripplehorn. Lydia s establishing character moment is full of this. Is either time line interesting in itself.

I submit that there is a simple test to determine whether this plot can work. Furthermore helen s reaction to the cheating james and gerry makes this almost a feminist anti male men are pigs movie. The timeline where helen. 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.

We see it both ways in parallel. 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. This film provides examples of. Two timelines one where helen got to the tube and one where she didn t.

Directed by peter howitt. 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 movie clips. If not then no amount of shifting back and forth between them can help.

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