Film

Sliding Doors 1998

Directed by Peter Howitt

  • Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
  • 99 min
  • PG-13

What if one split second sent your life in two completely different directions?

Helen, a London ad executive, is fired from her job and rushes out to catch a train, but, as she runs down, her life suddenly splits off. In one version she catches the train; in the second, she misses it. Her whole life changes in that one second, and the rest of the film depicts what happens in each scenario.

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Contemporary, earnest, spare and effortless.

  • contemporarynostalgic
  • earnestironic
  • sparerichly built
  • effortlessdemanding
  • intimateepic

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The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: loved by 3The Comfort Seeker: disliked by 13 / 1The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 2The Prestige Hunter: disliked by 12 / 1The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: loved by 22The IronistThe Ironist: loved by 11The FormalistThe Formalist: loved by 11The SincereThe Sincere: loved by 11loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

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