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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.

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... 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. [More]

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

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

Director: Peter Howitt

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

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Reviews for Sliding Doors

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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'.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
05/31/02
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Ultimately, Sliding Doors becomes a victim of its own cleverness, shutting down all that early promise.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
04/12/02
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
03/24/02
Boston Phoenix

A clever and satisfying comedy that comes as a blissful relief from more high-minded festival fare.

Full Review Source: Movieline | comment Comment
01/09/02
Stephen Farber
Stephen Farber
Movieline

Great script, interesting camera work, superb acting. I can find nothing wrong with it, the more I think about it.

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment Comment
06/14/01
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina

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Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
01/01/01
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

If you can let plausibility slide, this tale of two simultaneous realities created by catching/missing a train will be a fun ride.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
01/01/00
E! Online

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.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bruce Kirkland
Bruce Kirkland
Jam! Movies

The parallel storylines lend an originality that most other romantic comedies lack

Full Review Source: AboutFilm.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Carlo Cavagna
Carlo Cavagna
AboutFilm.com

Having to witness the doomed romance between Lynch and Paltrow play out twice over is nothing if not dull, as the events unfold with little nuance and few surprises.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Grunden
Chris Grunden
Film Journal International

The ending is not altogether satisfying, but it's certainly an original.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Unduly smug about its flashy conceit and otherwise utterly empty, the film plays like lobotomized Kieslowski, less Blind Chance than dumb luck.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
01/01/00
Dennis Lim
Dennis Lim
Village Voice
N/R

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Full Review Source: eye WEEKLY | comment Comment
01/01/00
Gemma Files
Gemma Files
eye WEEKLY

A rich and imaginative fable.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
01/01/00
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

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Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Hollis Chacona
Hollis Chacona
Austin Chronicle

Paltrow contributes a winning dual performance.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

The script is shrewd and inventive, combining wit, romance, and intelligent melodrama into a crowd-pleasing whole.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

Too 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.

Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

Deft enough to keep you wondering whether it's going to end on Track A or Track B.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jay Carr
Jay Carr
Boston Globe

Howitt's story stalls at that point, and from there on things quickly devolve into soap opera-like melodrama, with some disappointing character revelations and a preposterous ending.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
 
 
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