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Sliding Doors

1998 · 99 min

A bittersweet what-if romance that splits one woman's life in two, making you ache and smile as fate toys with love and loss.

Directed by
Peter Howitt
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Starring
Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch
Tagline
What if one split second sent your life in two completely different directions?
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Peter Howitt
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Starring
Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • fate
  • love
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism7
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, fantasy, romance
Directed by
Peter Howitt
Written by
Peter Howitt
Starring
Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Zara Turner, Douglas McFerran, Paul Brightwell, Nina Young
Music
David Hirschfelder
Cinematography
Remi Adefarasin
Runtime
99 min
Country
United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages
English

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