Review – Sliding Doors

Unless struck by an unusual mood, I’m usually not the date movie sort. I was drawn to this particular specimen by its premise: the film follows the life, or make that lives, of a woman whose fate is drastically different depending on whether or not she barely makes or barely misses the subway one day. I’m intrigued by the notion that fate would vary so dramatically based on such trivial twists, and the film does an admirable job of playing both scenarios out from their common origin. The really amazing part is that in addition to the high-concept stuff, the script is witty and the acting is underplayed quite well. So come for the concept but stay for the rest of it. Worth seeing