Sliding Doors

1998
PG-13
1h 39m

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Dark Comedy Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance

After personal and professional setbacks, a woman experiences an alternate reality.After personal and professional setbacks, a woman experiences an alternate reality.After personal and professional setbacks, a woman experiences an alternate reality.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

73K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,564

1,301

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 6 wins & 4 nominations total

Trivia
John Hannah is partly responsible for the film getting made after the funding collapsed. He coincidentally happened to be in a meeting with Hollywood hotshot Sydney Pollack and casually mentioned this great screenplay he was hoping to make. Pollack was sufficiently interested to read the script and immediately sorted out the funding.

Goofs
Gerry makes a joke about withdrawing Helen's Class One Drugs. Great Britain uses an alphabetical classification system so class one should be class A.

Quotes
James: Cheer up. Remember what the Monty Python boys say.
Helen: "Always look on the bright side of life"?
James: No, "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition."

Crazy credits
The film's copyright year in the credits is 1997.

Alternate versions
US version was cut for language by Miramax and Paramount to secure a PG-13 rating.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Object of My Affection/Paulie/Nightwatch/Suicide Kings/Wild Man Blues/Chinese Box (1998)

Soundtracks
Have Fun, Go Mad
Written by Blair Mackichan and Phil Taylor
Performed by Blair
Courtesy of Mercury Records Limited by arrangement with PolyGram Film and TV Music

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Featured review

Dont watch this casually, and only from beginning!

This caveat should be posted every month or so... you will be confused if you dont give it all your attention.

If you havent got the idea by now, the movie intercuts between two plot flows.

It's an excellent Paltrow exhibition, and not overly smarmy.... and I suppose the Comedy referred to in the classification is meant to be "Human Comedy"

The cast is excellent, the editing is very good - considering the scenario.

I dont care for the ending but sometimes life takes those turns.

Guys.. you had better have your life in order, and be beyond suspicion, to be watching this with your wife or GF.