IMDb plot summary: A London woman's love life and career both hinge, unknown to her, on whether or not she catches a train. We see it both ways, in parallel.
Directed by Peter Howitt. Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, and Jeanne Tripplehorn.
This is a very cool concept for a movie, one that I've seen done several times since then (and frequently referenced as being "Sliding Doors" stories, so this has definitely left its mark on pop culture). That being said, the stories they choose to tell after the two paths diverge aren't that interesting. They follow very typical (and even very similar) narrative paths. Maybe they were trying to make some kind of point about small changes making a life seem radically different, but I just kind of felt like I was watching two different drafts of the same uninteresting romance. I would have loved to see a tone shift or a drastically different outcome rather than the tedious "will that dude leave the woman he cheated on Gwyneth Paltrow with?" question. Disappointing.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Sliding Doors < Interiors
Sliding Doors > Pretty in Pink
Sliding Doors > Deceiver
Sliding Doors < Aladdin
Sliding Doors > Bobby
Sliding Doors < After the Thin Man
Sliding Doors < The Man in the Iron Mask
Sliding Doors < The 5th Wave
Sliding Doors > Lust for Love
Sliding Doors > 10 Things I Hate About You
Sliding Doors > Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Sliding Doors > Checking Out
Final spot: #1733 out of 2938.
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