Sliding Doors | | Cast : | Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn | | Director : | Peter Howitt (II) | | Studio : | Paramount Studio | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | April 24, 1998 | | DVD Released Date : | January 07, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 22, 2005 | | Summary | I just love this movie | Content
 | I love how this movie shows you what could happen with just one different decision. We make hundreds of them a day so where could we all really be today if we decided on something different? |
| Rating | | | Date | March 28, 2005 | | Summary | John Hannah steals all the scenes | Content
| What I love about this movie is John Hannah's charm & laugh when he's on screen, he steals the movie out from under Gwyneth Paltrow's feet, and I can't help but smile when he's on screen. It's the same when I watch the Mummy movies.
Gwyneth is great in this, although shockingly skinny, and she's perfected the English accent (now try a Scottish one dear), which is probably the reason why she's been in quite a few similar movies. (Shakespeare In Love, Emma) It's faultless, although at some points, it does appear as if she's speaking slower, just to make sure she gets it right.
The only quibble I have about this movie is the timeline, everything seems to happen really quickly. It can get quite confusing some points. When James & Helen have a milkshake together, he asks her to go to a boat race two weeks on Saturday. Then between the milkshake, and the boat race, he asks to go to dinner with him tonight. Then he encourages her to start her own business, then following the boat race, she offers with that guy's restaurant opening in 6 days, and her business seems to be well on its way. It seems like only a month if that has passed between the milkshake and the opening of the restaurant. Then Gerry phones, and Helen tells her friend that two months ago she wanted to Gerry to show up, and it was James, and now she wants James to phone and Gerry phones. And don't even get me started on the pregnancy thing. It seems like only a wee while passes since she & James sleep together, to her realising her period is late, and doing x amount of pregnancy tests. The pregnancy thing seems to be worst in the timeline aspect of things - it just doesn't seem possible. It would be nice to have a commentary on the DVD (rather than none at all), with the director, to see whether he/she made a balls up with the editing, and really, more time has passed than we're shown.
I really didn't like Jeanne Tripplehorn's character in this, until you walked out on Gerry towards the end. I know it's a really nasty thing to say, but in the first shot of her in this, she looks really masculine! I remember the first time I ever saw this, thinking she had a five o'clock shadow, and it still gives me the creeps seeing it now. I don't know whether it's the angle of the shot or what, but she does NOT look feminine at all - yet she does in the rest of the movie. Sometimes I think it's her eyebrows. Am I the only one that's noticed this?
This is a great twist on the rom-com fairytale, and really interesting too. But not the least bit confusing as some reviewers have mentioned. I do admit to having a preference to Gwynnie with the longer hair, the short blonde haircut is just a bit too harsh for my liking. But a rewatchable movie that doesn't grow old. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 22, 2005 | | Summary | Not your average chick-flick romance movie | Content
| It's a little confusing now and then, sometimes hard to keep track of the two parallel scenarios that form the unique and ambitious framework for this, um, I guess you'd have to call it a romance. Here's the deal: Gwyneth Paltrow experiences 2 possible outcomes as a result of her attempt to catch a train (the Tube; it's London) home. In one, she catches the train, arrives home hours early, and discovers her live-in boyfriend in bed with another woman. In the 2nd scenario, she misses the train, arrives home a bit later, and finds her boyfriend in the shower but a few things are awry that arouse her suspicion.
Really promising idea, and the film carries them both all the way to the conclusion and manages to meld them nicely at the end.
The only glitch - well, there were 2, actually - for me was that I had trouble visualizing Paltrow's character seriously falling for the total schmuck/cad/cheating boyfriend and being so undone when the romance faltered. And the other was about an accident scene that occurs very close to the end. It was all filmed so quickly with the 2 scenes occurring simultaneously that just 10 minutes after the film ended, I couldn't remember exactly what had happened in which version.
However, that's minor. It's definitely worth watching. I just hope Paltrow gains about 5-10 pounds pretty soon, tho, cuz her ridged and bony chest is just too anorexic-like to look at without cringing.
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| Rating | | | Date | January 15, 2005 | | Summary | A movie worth watching! | Content
| Definitely a WONDERFUL movie, Sliding Doors, brings to the screen two parallel stories unfolding simultaneously involving an English girl living and working in London.
The movie opens a window into other possibilities and "what ifs". It is a film about human relations, friendship, trust, love, and inner strength.
Gwyneth Paltrow (who is GORGEOUS), John Hannah, and the rest of the cast give it their 100% themselves with their performances, which are outstanding to say the least (the chemistry is AMAZING)!
The only negative point is Gwyneth Paltrow's British accent, which surprisingly, is not convincing at all!
Sliding Doors does a great job of describing people's every day lives and the problems they face. Very well written and very well presented, the movie is without a doubt guaranteed to provide an evening's entertainment. It is a movie worth watching!
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| Rating | | | Date | December 13, 2004 | | Summary | genuine and charming romantic comedy | Content
| If you like serendipidy this movie is along the same lines. It is a romantic comedy about fate and how if you do just one thing differently it may change your whole path. However, what is meant to be will still happen in the end. I thought this would be more of a chick flick but I watched it with some guy friends and they thought it was hilarous and sweet too! So give it a try! |
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