Sliding Doors Movie Gerry

With gwyneth paltrow john hannah john lynch jeanne tripplehorn.

Sliding doors movie gerry.

We see it both ways in parallel. 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. Blonde helen and brunette helen. I submit that there is a simple test to determine whether this plot can work.

Directed by peter howitt. Http amzn to s9mrgi don t miss the hottest new trailers. The timeline where helen. 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. Is either time line interesting in itself. If not then no amount of shifting back and forth between them can help. 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 1998 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. Two timelines one where helen got to the tube and one where she didn t. 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. 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. Lydia s establishing character moment is full of this. 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. Gerry s pal russell spouts some exposition to which gerry repeatedly replies i know.

Furthermore helen s reaction to the cheating james and gerry makes this almost a feminist anti male men are pigs movie.