Sliding Doors (1998)
Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Zara Turner, Douglas McFerran, Paul Brightwell, Nina Young, Virginia McKenna, Kevin McNally, Theresa Kartell, Christopher Villiers, Terry English, Paul Stacey, Peter Howitt, Joanna Roth, Neil Stuke, Evelyn Duah, Linda Broughton, Pip Miller
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London publicist Helen, effortlessly slides between parallel storylines that show what happens when she does or does not catch a train back to her apartment. Love. Romantic entanglements. Deception. Trust. Friendship. Comedy. All come into focus as the two stories shift back and forth, overlap and surprisingly converge.
My review · Reviewed 04/07/2023
We've seen this plot a few other times: a single event happening or not happening can completely change the trajectory of someone's life. While the movie is extremely rough around the edges I felt the the two leads were excellent and carried the movie. But after that, the movie was a mess. The secondary characters had awful dialog written for them and didn't do much with what they had (I've never seen Jeanne Tripplehorn so bad in a role).