Sliding Doors (1998)

A great movie which depicts two possible outcomes for random situations, so in essence you watch two movies for the expense of one in time without the usual drag of boring bits. Well worth watching.

Romantic Comedies are not my thing. But this is an interesting take on it. Instead of the one main storyline to follow, we get two. What would occur if this event happened vs. how it would be different if a different event happened -- two visions of a woman's path. Gwyneth Paltrow is the lead and I found her to be very unappealing. Her character is not very interesting in the least. The male lead is John Hannah who was quite refreshing. Jeanne Tripplehorn is fun to watch, adds a little flavor to it all. Overall, this will be remembered because of the way the film presented itself but it's rather just mediocre otherwise. Love story yada yada yada. Barf. What some would call a "chick flick." 6.1 / 10 --Zoooma, a Kat Pirate Screener

this movie contains so much cliché.. incredible. Just because of the interesting idea of showing 2 parallel versions of her life, and the fatality that they come together anyway, i am giving 2 points...and this is actually why I chose to watch this one and give it a chance. Even if the title does not necessarily sound so, it is such a romantic flick.. incredible..Gwyneth paltrow is meant to be super cute, she makes her cutie face as well as her sad sad girl-face all the time, so you just have to feel compassion with her situation... her new lover is more of a sick stalker spider who cathes her in his net, and all the lucky and unlucky situations that occcur in the movie are just so stupid... incredible.. After a couple of minutes of watching, you exactly know what is gonna happen, I only did not expect her to die and the repeating scene in the elevator... everything else is predictable...

This film could have been told along two different plot lines. Instead, they cleverly told the story along both plot lines...a sort of "what if" approach. I always give films extra points when they do something different...and this is a different kind of film. As we move back and forth between the two possible plot lines, sometimes it gets just a little confusing...at least briefly...which plot line are we in now? But that never lasts long.This is also very much a film dependent on strong performances. And there are some. I've long thought that Gwyneth Paltrow is one of those actresses who will be around for a long time; this film only bolsters that opinion. I'm not very familiar with John Hannah, but I enjoyed him a lot in this film. John Lynch (who shares my last name) stutters around too much in this film, but I suspect that was the way he was directed to act; I did laugh when Paltrow accuses him of acting like Woody Allen. Jeanne Tripplehorn comes across as a total (fill in the blank) here; nasty roles can be juicy, but I tire of an actor when he or she often plays the villain. The rest of the cast here are truly just supporting actors...important to film, but none stand out. You'll focus on the 3 primary characters...and they each have a lot of screen time since they are part of 2 different story lines.This is one film where the two endings allow you to be satisfied one way or the other.