Sliding Door Film Review

This movie is most special for the way the two storylines overlap making this a very original movie.

Sliding door film review.

Containing fantasy elements reminiscent of groundhog day and it s a wonderful life this movie explores what would happen if a young british woman named helen gwyneth paltrow just barely caught the subway train traveling home after a difficult day and what would happen if she just missed the train. Sliding doors is a cinematic study of how a single event in our lives can drastically change our future. Sliding doors is one of the best films that gwyneth paltrow has done. Metacritic gives the film a score of 59 out of 100 based on 23 reviews indicating the reaction as mixed or average.

Audience reviews for sliding doors feb 02 2016 sliding doors is a rather smart and charming romantic comedy that s a lot of fun. 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. Although gwyneth paltrow plays the same character in both aspects of the story both helens seem completely different. All come into focus as the two stories shift back and forth overlap and surprisingly converge.

It has it all humour anger sadness love compassion and a lot of lying. The flow of the story seems quite natural and the cast does a wonderful job going through the twists and turns of their characters lives. Gwyneth paltrow plays london publicist helen effortlessly sliding between parallel storylines that show what happens if she does or does not catch a train back to her apartment. Playing with alternate realities a woman s life takes two.

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 the other she misses it because she s delayed and the doors slide shut in her face. 6 time out described the film as essentially a romantic comedy with a nifty gimmick. This film is a lightweight comedy drama with a unique story.

In one scenario she catches the train.