In one scenario she catches the train.
Film gwyneth paltrow sliding doors.
With gwyneth paltrow john hannah john lynch jeanne tripplehorn.
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.
Directed by peter howitt.
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.
What if the movie wonders the subway train helen just missed catching by a split second had plunged her into a different romantically brighter future than her.
In the other she misses it because she s delayed and the doors slide shut in her face.
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.
A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train.
This was before she became an object of scorn and outright hatred for many people a stance which tells more about their pettiness than anything about the actress.
The film follows helen quilley gwyneth paltrow a young englishwoman living in london who has just been fired from her public relations job.