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Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Sliding Doors |
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This is a very interesting plot. Helen (Gwyneth Paltrow) lives in London. She is living with a man who is cheating on her with his ex-girlfriend. She gets fired from her job and as she is going to catch the train back home, the movie splits into two different movies. The one where Helen misses the train and continues to live unknowingly with her unfaithful lover and the second part of the movie, where Helen arrives home unexpectedly, catches her boyfriend with his lover and moves out.
This movie goes back and forth between these two different lives she could be living. One moves on and finds a new love....the other gets a second job to help support the loser boyfriend.
This continues until one night, Helen in both lives ends up in the hospital.
One of her parallel lives dies. The other Helen that lives seems to have some kind of memory of things that happened to her parallel self.
--Jennifer, Resident Scholar
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A woman's life is split in two when she loses her job and she takes the subway home. One part of her gets the subway and catches her boyfriend in bed with another woman, so she leaves and makes a new life for herself. The other part misses the subway and never sees her boyfriend with this woman and stays with him. Somehow at the end, her lives intertwine.
--Diane, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Sliding Doors |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- romance (general)
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- happy
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) very skinny
- (man) average build
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- writer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) skinny
- (man) average
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- impregnation/reproduction
- sex under blankets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- No
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
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