In one universe helen makes her.
How does the movie sliding doors end.
Blonde gwyneth loses baby and dies.
And i fear they are not.
In one scenario she catches the train.
In the other she misses it because she s delayed and the doors slide shut in her face.
The term a sliding doors moment became a term popularised in the late 20th century meaning seemingly inconsequential moments that nonetheless alter the trajectory of future events.
In both storylines helen is taken to the hospital and loses her baby.
Helen is stunned to see gerry and lydia drops the news of her own pregnancy to both.
Did she die in the path that took her with james.
While at lydia s gerry answers the doorbell and sees helen standing at the door.
I ll admit the alternate ending was uplifting but i have mixed melancholy feels after seeing it.
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.
In one reality helen catches the tube train meets james and arrives home to find her loathsome lothario lover gerry cheating on her with his ex girlfriend lydia.
Although the term originated from the 1998 film sliding doors written and directed by peter howitt and starring gwyneth paltrow examples of sliding doors moments being used in modern vernacular vary to.
Movie fades after promising start helen gwyneth paltrow gets fired from her pr job for taking home all the booze.
Distraught helen runs off and falls down lydia s staircase.
Sliding doors is a rather smart and charming romantic comedy that s a lot of fun.
Writer director peter howitt explains how sliding doors the film and the phenomenon got made.
20 years after its release the gwyneth paltrow movie lives on as a piece of pop psychology.
I saw her flatline in the hospital as he was talking to her and i was crushed.
Brunette gwyneth loses baby hooks up with blonde gwyneth s boyfriend in elevator because as the monty python boys say nobody expects the spanish inquisition mike.
Then in another storyline she catches the subway train.
In the other reality helen misses the tube train gets mugged goes to hospital and eventually arrives home to find gerry alone in the shower.
As she tries to go home she misses the subway train.
