Sliding doors is a rather smart and charming romantic comedy that s a lot of fun.
Sliding doors moment movie.
Directed by peter howitt.
I submit that there is a simple test to determine whether this plot can work.
The term a sliding doors moment became a term popularised in the late 20th century meaning seemingly inconsequential moments that nonetheless alter the trajectory of future events.
Sliding doors uses parallel time lines to explore the different paths that a woman s life might take after she does and doesn t find her lover in bed with another woman.
We see it both ways in parallel.
Is either time line interesting in itself.
Sliding doors is a 1998 romantic comedy drama film written and directed by peter howitt and starring gwyneth paltrow and john hannah while also featuring john lynch jeanne tripplehorn and virginia mckenna the film alternates between two storylines showing two paths the central character s life could take depending on whether or not she catches a train.
If not then no amount of shifting back and forth between them can help.
With gwyneth paltrow john hannah john lynch jeanne tripplehorn.
One where she gets home early and catches her boyfriend john lynch the secret garden in bed with another woman the other where she doesn t.
Gottman calls it the sliding door moment.
Playing with alternate realities a woman s life takes two divergent paths when in one reality she misses the.
Although the term originated from the 1998 film sliding doors written and directed by peter howitt and starring gwyneth paltrow examples of sliding doors moments being used in modern vernacular vary to.