A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train.
Play constellations and movie sliding doors.
Directed by peter howitt.
With gwyneth paltrow john hannah john lynch jeanne tripplehorn.
She is returning home when an amazing thing happens time reverses itself for a few seconds and a second version of herself is created.
That s the quick take on constellations a romantic two hander starring dreamy jake gyllenhaal and the radiant british thesp ruth wilson fresh off her.
From groundhog day to sliding doors and run lola run.
Constellations nick payne s gorgeous two character drama starring a perfectly matched jake gyllenhaal and ruth wilson may be the most sophisticated date play broadway has seen as staged by.
Gwyneth paltrow plays london publicist helen effortlessly sliding between parallel storylines that show what happens if she does or does not catch a morning train back to her apartment.
The 1998 movie sliding doors turns on timing imagining how a woman s life would play out if she does or doesn t catch a train.
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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.
Short and sweet and strangely haunting.
For originality the play struggles.
The next generation to frasier have dived into multiple reality narratives.
Before the doors close james tells helen to cheer up and repeats his line you know what the monty python boys say helen who in the.
It s basically a version of the nineties movie sliding doors but with more storylines.
We see it both ways in parallel.
Given the mode of storytelling it also lacks the kind of inevitability.
Variations on a theme of variations on a theme.
Arriving at work one morning helen discovers that she had been unjustifiably sacked from her pr job.
Movies from sliding doors to groundhog day and tv series from star trek.
A london woman s love life and career both hinge unknown to her on whether or not she catches a train.