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Sliding Doors

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Sliding Doors (1998)

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Reviews Counted: 48 Fresh: 30  Rotten:18 Average Rating: 6.3/10
 
Consensus: Despite the gimmicky feel of the split narratives, the movie is watch-able due to the winning performances by the cast. Despite the gimmicky feel of the split narratives, the movie is watch-able due to the winning performances by the cast. more
 
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Synopsis:
A beautiful young English woman learns that she has been fired from her PR job. On the way home, the doors of a tube car close on her, opening the "what if" floodgates. She begins to live out two lives: if she had made the train, and if she hadn't. An intriguing concept about fate and how simple... [More]
A beautiful young English woman learns that she has been fired from her PR job. On the way home, the doors of a tube car close on her, opening the "what if" floodgates. She begins to live out two lives: if she had made the train, and if she hadn't. An intriguing concept about fate and how simple moments have the ability to change our lives. [Less]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn

Director: Peter Howitt
Screenwriter: Peter Howitt
Producer: Sydney Pollack, William Horberg, Philippa Braithwaite
Composer: David Hirschfelder

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Dec 1, 1998

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a clever conceit, but it's one that eventually wears out its welcome.

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05/24/04 11:59 AM
Dragan Antulov
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Unfortunately, the novelty of the fresh concept quickly wears off.

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04/14/04 07:50 AM
Dennis Schwartz
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A thinking person's romantic comedy -- but, hey, don't let that frighten you away. It's also lots of fun.

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08/28/02 08:27 AM
Jack Mathews
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Paltrow gives the first credible evidence since Emma that her career may last.

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08/15/02 02:13 PM
Jeffrey Westhoff
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It's not so much the tale itself as the slippery interplay between characters that makes Sliding Doors enjoyable.

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06/18/02 08:24 AM
Stephanie Zacharek
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With a pleasing balance of romance, comedy and drama, Sliding Doors is an exceedingly original story that appeals to both the heart and mind.

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06/05/02 08:23 AM
Christine James
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Se você quer assistir a um filme sobre realidades 'paralelas', é melhor conferir os infinitamente superiores 'Corra, Lola, Corra' e 'Feitiço do Tempo'.

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05/31/02 11:18 AM
Pablo Villaca
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Ultimately, Sliding Doors becomes a victim of its own cleverness, shutting down all that early promise.

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04/12/02 08:20 AM
Rick Groen
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A clever and satisfying comedy that comes as a blissful relief from more high-minded festival fare.

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01/09/02 08:18 AM
Stephen Farber
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Paltrow is delightful as the trendy Londoner running parallel lives and has a disturbingly accurate English accent.

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12/10/01 06:21 PM
Ali Barclay
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