Sliding Doors Movie Gerry

Is either time line interesting in itself.

Sliding doors movie gerry.

With gwyneth paltrow john hannah john lynch jeanne tripplehorn. If not then no amount of shifting back and forth between them can help. Furthermore helen s reaction to the cheating james and gerry makes this almost a feminist anti male men are pigs movie. 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.

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 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. A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train. Http j mp 1ja5wfw buy the movie.

Sliding doors 1 379 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. Two timelines one where helen got to the tube and one where she didn t. I submit that there is a simple test to determine whether this plot can work. 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.

Http amzn to s9mrgi don t miss the hottest new trailers. Lydia s establishing character moment is full of this. The timeline where helen. Directed by peter howitt.

Gerry s pal russell spouts some exposition to which gerry repeatedly replies i know. 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. We see it both ways in parallel. Sliding doors 1998 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more.

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.