Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Kelvin Richard A great movie which depicts two possible outcomes for random situations, so in essence you watch two movies for the expense of one in time without the usual drag of boring bits. Well worth watching.

ejamessnyder I first found out about Sliding Doors when I heard it mentioned on the director's commentary from Run Lola Run, which of course is my fifth favorite movie of all time. I looked up the plot summary online and was intrigued. I wondered why I hadn't heard of this film earlier. Then I watched it, and within the first few scenes I realized why I had never heard of it. Simply put, it's not very good. But you know me; once I start something, I always try to finish it.Also, my girlfriend and I were fighting at the time that I watched this and she was mad at me in the other room, so I didn't want to move from my spot on the couch. I guess I could have put something else on, but maybe I felt I deserved to be tortured for a little while for upsetting my sweetheart, although I still maintain that she was probably just as much to blame as I was for whatever we were fighting about, which I can no longer remember. In any case, I watched it all the way to the end, including the credits because sometimes there's a skit afterward.The film is about a year in the life of an Englishwoman, played by an American actress, who gets fired from her job and takes the train home. Or does she? We see two possibilities of what could happen in her life depending on whether she catches the train on time or misses it by just an instant. It shows us two different outcomes of a seemingly trivial daily occurrence, something we never get the chance to see firsthand in real life, although we can imagine all we want.This premise of exploring alternate paths of fate seems fairly unique, but it's not totally original. We've seen it done before in 1987's Blind Chance, and infinitely better in the aforementioned Run Lola Run. But here the filmmakers could have had so much more fun with it. The plot is weak, despite the interesting premise. It feels like a typical, boring, forgettable romantic comedy and we almost forget about the whole double vision aspect. It feels like the writers wrote one draft and called it good enough and didn't try to make it any better. But it could have been so much better.This feels like the type of low budget, quickly-made British film that you'd find packaged along with five others you never heard of—all of them just as forgettable and of equally below-average quality—on a "UK Cinema" DVD for $4.99. Because that's the only way to market them on home video because none of them would sell individually. And even if you do end up buying the lot, you'll never end up getting around to watching more than two or three of them, and those only when you're in the mood for a "so bad it's good" laugh on a rainy Friday night, and always with the assistance of alcohol.In Sliding Doors the dialogue feels cheap and corny. Everyone speaks in phony, hackneyed expressions. All the characters talk more or less the same, with Gwyneth Paltrow delivering lines that seem more suited for John Hannah's character, but the writers probably stopped caring. The one saving grace is the acting. It's not the best acting I've seen, but it's not bad, especially considering the film's other shortcomings and bland pacing. That's another thing: the pacing. The film always moves at a consistently medium pace, which just feels so boring and not quite right.But back to the thing I was saying about the acting. The rest of the film is so bad that the acting actually seems really good in comparison, despite the fact that it is probably just average. It makes the film watchable and kept me from giving it a lower score. John Hannah—in one of the few roles in which I've seen him portray a leading man—almost makes us believe that he's just a quirky character who actually talks that way, rather than just a victim of bad writing.And the perpetually annoying Jeanne Tripplehorn appears here in the role she was born to play. I didn't like her in The Firm and I didn't like her in Waterworld. And I didn't like her in Sliding Doors, but for the first time I feel she was cast appropriately. In the aforementioned films I felt like the filmmakers made a casting mistake or maybe their first choice had to drop out. But in Sliding Doors we weren't supposed to like her. I don't think. It's hard to tell, but I think she's supposed to be an annoying pest of a mistress as well as a villainous type, comparable to Cruella De Vil and infinitely dumpable by her browbeaten boyfriend. And she knocks it out of the park! Man, she was obnoxious in this movie!And who would date her, you ask? Must be some loser of a boyfriend, right? Yes, he is, played quite well here by John Lynch, whose character is a bit of loser who cheats on Paltrow with Tripplehorn. He would be the bad guy if we didn't feel so sorry for him. He's a victim too. And yet we still believe that this pathetic fellow could potentially be with both of these women because, well let's face it, Paltrow isn't much of a catch either. Lynch's character is one we've seen many times before, but rarely quite so well as here, despite the poor dialogue and story structure. Lynch does a great job at making the character believable—like a real person you might know in real life—and I feel the filmmakers lucked out with him.I'm rapidly approaching my word limit, so I gotta go, but I will say that after getting out all my thoughts on Sliding Doors, I've decided that maybe I liked it a bit better than I originally thought. Maybe.

blanche-2 Gwyneth Paltrow stars in this 2008 film, "Sliding Doors," also starring John Hannah, John Lynch, and Jeanne Tripplehorn.Set in Britain, Paltrow plays Helen, a woman in advertising who lives with her writer boyfriend Jerry (Lynch). She's supporting him while he writes his novel. In the morning, she says goodbye to him while he's still sleeping, then leaves for work. He's awake immediately as he has plans.Helen races for her train, only to reach the door as it shuts in her face.Then we see her racing for her train, reaching it in time to catch it as the doors are closing.Thus begins "Sliding Doors," which asks the question which has been asked in many films, what if one split second in your life was different? Would it change your fate? Or would you just go about reaching your fate in a different way?I really loved this film, as we see Helen first with the missed train scenario, then with the "made train" scenario as the film continues.Paltrow is terrific as the British Helen, who is in love with a man who may not deserve her. John Hannah is wonderful as her pursuer, James, and Jeanne Tripplehorn as her competition for Jerry's affections. Lynch is a perfect narcissist, unable to let go of what he has and wanting what he gave up.Don't miss this. It's funny, fascinating, thought-provoking, and poignant. A real gem with a great soundtrack and excellent direction by the writer, Peter Howitt.

richieandsam SLIDING DOORSThis was better than I expected.The film is about a girl who gets fired from her job… and on the way home as she is walking down to the tube to catch her train a little girl makes her late and she misses her train… but we also see what would happen if she caught the train. It splits her life up and we see both outcomes.The movie is split into 2 story lines… and we alternate between them both throughout the movie. Normally this would be confusing, but the lead character changes her hair in one of the story lines so it is easy to follow. I like the idea of this film. It was really well thought out and really well made. It is an interesting concept… there are always moments in life where we say "what if…", well in this film we don't need to ask. We see both outcomes.This was described to me as a romantic comedy, but the comedy was very little. I laughed out loud once… maybe twice. It is a very entertaining movie, but not that funny. Yes it is romantic which normally makes me think it will be cheesy as hell, but this manages to avoid too much cheese. There are the odd cheesy moment, but nowhere near as much as most romantic movies have.Sliding Doors stars a young Gwyneth Paltrow. She was very good in this film. She seemed to play the role very emotionally. She was very real. John Hannah & John Lynch also star. They both do decent jobs too. My favourite character was John Lynch's best friend… he was always in the pub and laughing at his friends misfortune. He was the funniest character for me. Douglas McFerran was the actor.The story was really good, the acting was good but the comedy was slow. There are some emotions for the characters… anger, sadness, happiness… you really see them all going through the motions and it is fun to see. It is funny to think that the guy from the classic TV show Bread, Peter Howitt, wrote and directed this.I will give this film 7 out of 10."I could never love a Baywatch fan"For more reviews, please like my Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ordinary-Person-Movie- Reviews/456572047728204?ref=hl