Sliding Doors (1998)
63 %
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
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]
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
Screenwriter: Peter Howitt
Producer: Sydney Pollack, William Horberg, Philippa Braithwaite
Composer: David Hirschfelder
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06/24/06
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05/26/06
a clever conceit, but it's one that eventually wears out its welcome.
08/30/05
A thinking person's romantic comedy -- but, hey, don't let that frighten you away. It's also lots of fun.
06/27/03
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05/22/03
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11/06/02
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10/15/02
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08/28/02
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Paltrow gives the first credible evidence since Emma that her career may last.
08/15/02
It's not so much the tale itself as the slippery interplay between characters that makes Sliding Doors enjoyable.
06/18/02
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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.
06/05/02
Se você quer assistir a um filme sobre realidades 'paralelas', é melhor conferir os infinitamente superiores 'Corra, Lola, Corra' e 'Feitiço do Tempo'.
05/31/02
Ultimately, Sliding Doors becomes a victim of its own cleverness, shutting down all that early promise.
04/12/02
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A clever and satisfying comedy that comes as a blissful relief from more high-minded festival fare.
01/09/02
Paltrow is delightful as the trendy Londoner running parallel lives and has a disturbingly accurate English accent.
12/10/01
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