Sliding Door Movie Review

By chance a woman discovers her boyfriend is having an affair at the same time she meets a much nicer guy who s getting divorced.

Sliding door movie review.

In the other she misses it because she s delayed and the doors slide shut in her face. Playing with alternate realities a woman s life takes two. Audience reviews for sliding doors feb 02 2016 sliding doors is a rather smart and charming romantic comedy that s a lot of fun. Critic reviews 90 dallas observer jean oppenheimer so inventive confident and accomplished is the production that it s a shock to learn sliding doors is the work of a first time director screenwriter.

A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train. Directed by peter howitt. 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. Pregnancy and losing a baby are plot points.

It has it all humour anger sadness love compassion and a lot of lying. Rotten tomatoes gives the film a score of 64 based on 53 reviews with the consensus reading despite the gimmicky feel of the split narratives the movie is watchable due to the winning performances by the cast. Parents need to know that sliding doors is a 1998 fantasy about finding love featuring two parallel stories. Sliding doors is one of the best films that gwyneth paltrow has done.

This movie is most special for the way the two storylines overlap making this a very original movie. With gwyneth paltrow john hannah john lynch jeanne tripplehorn. 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. 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.

We see it both ways in parallel. Characters drink alcohol to excess and smoke cigarettes. 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.