Is either time line interesting in itself.
Sliding glass doors the movie.
Although gwyneth paltrow plays the same character in both aspects of the story both helens seem completely different.
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.
The film follows helen quilley gwyneth paltrow a young englishwoman living in london who has just been fired from her public relations job.
Sliding doors is a rather smart and charming romantic comedy that s a lot of fun.
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.
I submit that there is a simple test to determine whether this plot can work.
This film is a lightweight comedy drama with a unique story.
Playing with alternate realities a woman s life takes two divergent paths when in one reality she misses the.
If not then no amount of shifting back and forth between them can help.
Sliding doors is one of gwyneth paltrow s best films made when she was in several films a year just between emma and great expectations.
The plot splits into two parallel universes based on the two paths her life could take depending on whether she catches a london underground train or not.