Sliding Doors (DVD)

I often think, what would my life have been like if I'd have taken that other job instead or married the other guy or even stepped onto a train 5 seconds earlier, would I have met a tall dark stranger or would my life have turned out worse just because time had been altered. This is the main theme of one of my favourite movies, Sliding Doors. Sliding Doors is a 1998 romantic drama staring Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah. In it we see two parallel stories happening at the same time. In the first version of events Helen Quilley (Paltrow) who has just been fired from her job and is not in the best of moods anyway, manages to catch an Underground train just ...  Read the complete review

~ Slide with the Time ~ Last night I went to visit my mum like I do most Mondays. Since moving I always dedicate a weekday to see her. After catching up and having a rant about the most common crap things in life we wanted something good to watch. Sliding Doors has been out for over ten years and we have watched it about twenty times but it is still really good, and one of those films you can watch however many times. We do actually own the film on VHS somewhere which shows how old it is. I remember first watching it on TV though a few years ago. There are some recognisable actors involved and I quite like Gwyneth Paltrow. I think she is a very good actress ...  Read the complete review

Sliding doors is one of those films that i knew i had to buy as soon as i saw it. Its an amazingly sweet and addictive rom com that i must have seen at least twenty times already. The film hit our screens in 1998 and stars Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah and the running time is 99 minutes. The story centres around Gwyneth Paltrows character Helen who gets fired from her job. The thing i completely love about this film is the fact that it shows two parallel universes which run in tandem to each other. Not many films do this and i love that this storyline is so unusual compared to other films. In one part of the film Helen catches the train home on ...  Read the complete review

Film review only Helen (Gwyneth Paltrow) is a top pr girl but after one mistake gets fired from her job. She goes to the tube station and it is here that the film splits into two stories. One sees Helen manage to get on the next tube, meet a nice guy called Gerry (John Lynch), get home and find her boyfriend in bed with his ex. The other sees her miss the tube and not find out about her cheating boyfriend and not meet the witty and refreshing Gerry. After a short time one of the 'Helens' changes her haircut so you can clearly tell each story apart from the other. You see Helen's life from two perspectives and see her make completely different choices career ...  Read the complete review

After being fired from her job in PR, Helen Quilley (Gwyneth Paltrow) plans to go home to be cheered up by her long term boyfriend Gerry (John Lynch) however unbeknown to Helen, Gerry actually has other things on his mind in the form of ex girlfriend Lydia who he has been having an affair with behind Helen's back. Whilst on her way home, Helen misses her train however the film quickly refreshes and splits into two storylines, one is where Helen misses the train and the other is where she gets on the train and meets nice, charming James (John Hannah). Which path will be actual path that Helen has taken and which will be fantasy? Sliding Doors is ...  Read the complete review