If you can let plausibility slide, this tale of two simultaneous realities created by catching/missing a train will be a fun ride.
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01/01/00
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Dramas
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... [More]
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Director: Peter Howitt
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Reviews for Sliding Doors
Paltrow is delightful as the trendy Londoner running parallel lives and has a disturbingly accurate English accent.
12/10/01
This should go down a storm with folks who still cherish the hope that the solution to all their problems is just around the corner or in the next lift.
01/01/00
A thinking person's romantic comedy -- but, hey, don't let that frighten you away. It's also lots of fun.
06/27/03
This proposition from English writer-director Peter Howitt is not unique, but I have never seen a film that presents the idea so clearly, so cleanly, so provocatively.
01/01/00
The parallel storylines lend an originality that most other romantic comedies lack
01/01/00
With a pleasing balance of romance, comedy and drama, Sliding Doors is an exceedingly original story that appeals to both the heart and mind.
06/05/02
The ending is not altogether satisfying, but it's certainly an original.
01/01/00
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05/24/04
A rich and imaginative fable.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
Paltrow contributes a winning dual performance.
01/01/00
The script is shrewd and inventive, combining wit, romance, and intelligent melodrama into a crowd-pleasing whole.
01/01/00
Top CriticToo often in her past movies Paltrow has been cast as either an ice princess, a gloomy grump or a kook, and it's a relief to watch her get a crack at playing someone down-to-earth.
01/01/00
Paltrow gives the first credible evidence since Emma that her career may last.
08/15/02
Unique concept and plot execution, this movie offers many good points, including solid acting, a painfully effective poppy soundtrack, humor, romance, and many insights into the minds of women and the men who cheat on them.
01/01/00
One of the most purely pleasurable, delicious films currently available.
01/01/00
Great script, interesting camera work, superb acting. I can find nothing wrong with it, the more I think about it.
06/14/01
Sliding Doors deserves points for being original.
01/01/00
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