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.
How does the movie sliding doors end.
As she tries to go home she misses the subway train.
Helen is stunned to see gerry and lydia drops the news of her own pregnancy to both.
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.
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.
In both of the parallel universes of sliding doors 1998 helen gwyneth paltrow is a londoner who loses her job and finds out her boyfriend is cheating on her.
I have a question about the end of sliding doors starring gwenyth paltrow.
In one universe helen makes her.
Sliding doors is a rather smart and charming romantic comedy that s a lot of fun.
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.
Then in another storyline she catches the subway train.
20 years after its release the gwyneth paltrow movie lives on as a piece of pop psychology.
In both storylines helen is taken to the hospital and loses her baby.
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.
Distraught helen runs off and falls down lydia s staircase.
Playing with alternate realities a woman s life takes two divergent paths when in one reality she misses the.
I ll admit the alternate ending was uplifting but i have mixed melancholy feels after seeing it.
Blonde gwyneth loses baby and dies.
In one scenario she catches the train.
Writer director peter howitt explains how sliding doors the film and the phenomenon got made.
While at lydia s gerry answers the doorbell and sees helen standing at the door.
Movie fades after promising start helen gwyneth paltrow gets fired from her pr job for taking home all the booze.
Did she die in the path that took her with james.
In the other she misses it because she s delayed and the doors slide shut in her face.
