Sliding Doors

1998 PG-13 1h 39m

6.6 / 10 1K

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Helen, a London ad executive, is fired from her job and rushes out to catch a train, but, as she runs down, her life suddenly splits off. In one version she catches the train; in the second, she misses it. Her whole life changes in that one second, and the rest of the film depicts what happens in each scenario.

Director Peter Howitt

Writers

Peter Howitt Douglas McFerran Katerina Philippou

Stars

Gwyneth Paltrow John Hannah John Lynch

Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance

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Geronimo1967 21 Dec 2025

6/10

I remember all the fuss about this film at the time because it was directed by blonde heart-throb Peter Howitt, famed as “Joey” from the hit BBC sitcom “Bread”. Ha also wrote the screenplay and the concept is really quite decent. “Helen” (Gwyneth Paltrow) leaves her boyfriend “Gerry” (John Lynch) in bed and races for a tube. The doors are closing but will she make it or not? Well in one version of...

JPV852 31 Dec 2019

8/10

Well made romance-drama featuring nice performances from Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah. I've seen this a few times over the years and still holds up (outside of the dated technological items). Also was an interesting concept which kudos to Peter Hewitt pulled off. **3.75/5**