Synopsis the film follows helen quilley gwyneth paltrow a young englishwoman living in london who has just been fired from her public relations job.
Sliding doors movie gwyneth paltrow.
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 one of gwyneth paltrow s best films made when she was in several films a year just between emma and great expectations.
In the other she misses it because she s delayed and the doors slide shut in her face.
With gwyneth paltrow john hannah john lynch jeanne tripplehorn.
We see it both ways in parallel.
Sliding doors is a rather smart and charming romantic comedy that s a lot of fun.
Featuring terrific performances by gwynneth paltrow john lynch john hannah and jeanne tripplehorn it tells the story of helen a young english woman gwynneth paltrow who is working in public relations and living with gerry john lynch who is a total cad as he is unbeknownst to helen having an affair with his former girlfriend jeanne tripplehorn.
The plot splits into two parallel universes based on the two paths her life could take depending on whether she catches a london underground train or not.
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.
Playing with alternate realities a woman s life takes two divergent paths when in one reality she misses the.
A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train.
We see it both ways in parallel.
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 one scenario she catches the train.
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.