Sliding Door Film Review

This was before she became an object of scorn and outright hatred for many people a stance which tells more about their pettiness than anything about the actress.

Sliding door film review.

Sliding doors is one of gwyneth paltrow s best films made when she was in several films a year just between emma and great expectations. Containing fantasy elements reminiscent of groundhog day and it s a wonderful life this movie explores what would happen if a young british woman named helen gwyneth paltrow just barely caught the subway train traveling home after a difficult day and what would happen if she just missed the train. It has it all humour anger sadness love compassion and a lot of lying. Although gwyneth paltrow plays the same character in both aspects of the story both helens seem completely different.

With a pleasing balance of romance comedy and drama sliding doors is an exceedingly original story that appeals to both the heart and mind. In one scenario she catches the train. Gwyneth paltrow plays london publicist helen effortlessly sliding between parallel storylines that show what happens if she does or does not catch a train back to her apartment. Sliding doors is a cinematic study of how a single event in our lives can drastically change our future.

Metacritic gives the film a score of 59 out of 100 based on 23 reviews indicating the reaction as mixed or average. Playing with alternate realities a woman s life takes two. The flow of the story seems quite natural and the cast does a wonderful job going through the twists and turns of their characters lives. This film is a lightweight comedy drama with a unique story.

Sliding doors is one of the best films that gwyneth paltrow has done. Audience reviews for sliding doors feb 02 2016 sliding doors is a rather smart and charming romantic comedy that s a lot of fun. The movie stars gwyneth paltrow as helen a london publicity executive who is fired for no good reason and stalks out of her office in midmorning to take the underground train back home. In the other she misses it because she s delayed and the doors slide shut in her face.

6 time out described the film as essentially a romantic comedy with a nifty gimmick.