Sliding Doors Movie Gerry

Sliding doors the film that resulted from howitt s near death experience that was released 20 years ago this week begins by introducing us to helen gwyneth paltrow a public relations executive.

Sliding doors movie gerry. When helen gets home she sees her boyfriend gerry john lynch in bed with his ex girlfriend lydia jeanne tripplehorn and helen quickly ends her relationship with gerry and forms a new loving one with james. Sliding doors nice concept shaky execution that about sums up the mixed blessings of british actor peter howitt s intelligent but forgivably flawed debut as a writer director. However a little girl stands in her way and she just misses the train as the sliding doors close. Sliding doors 1 379 imdb 6 7 1h 39min 1998 x ray pg 13 this cleverly conceived romantic comedy follows a london woman oscar winner gwyneth paltrow shakespeare in love on two hypothetical paths.

It s got more emotional depth than most frothy romantic comedies and its central idea the parallel tracking of two possible destinies for a young london professional. 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. In one scenario she catches the train. Helen carries on with her life oblivious of gerry s infidelity and begins working part time jobs to pay bills.

Gerry conceals his infidelity and juggles the two women in his life. 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. Frustrated she decides to take the underground back home to visit her live in boyfriend named gerry john lynch a struggling author. 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.

In the other she misses it because she s delayed and the doors slide shut in her face. The movie stars gwyneth paltrow as helen a london publicity executive who is fired for no good reason and stalks out of her office in midmorning to take the underground train back home. Lydia even interacts with helen on several occasions.