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The dichotomy of life

Sliding doors (1998) The theme of the movie is one that we all ponder upon. What if we had done this that done way and done that this way, where would we be, what would we be? This Anglo-American film looks at this topic light-heartedly in a typically British fashion, with Gwyneth Paltrow as the main character. Helen (Paltrow) is fired from her PR job. As she returns home, we are shown two alternatives of how her life would be. In the first one, she misses the train and in the second one where she gets on the train. In the timeline that she misses the train, Helen gets mugged, gets hurt and goes home. She listens to all the crap that her two-timing boyfriend author, Gerry, hurls at her. She slogs as a waitress while her boyfriend cheats on her. She discovers that she is pregnant but cannot tell him as he is too busy trying to cover his tracks. In an interview at Gerry's girlfriend apartment, she is told that the girlfriend is also pregnant. Helen has a fall and is ad...