Sliding Doors Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

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Based upon 11 Critic Reviews
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ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

One of its most obvious strengths is that it can satisfy many different types of audiences -- those who demand something substantial from their motion pictures, and those who could care less. Read the full review

Washington Post | Michael O'SullivanAdd Critic to Favorites

This is the lightest, brightest and tightest film confection to come down the date pike in quite some time.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Troy PattersonAdd Critic to Favorites

The story is hackneyed, and the gimmick only doubles the dullardry.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Jack MathewsAdd Critic to Favorites

It may be Howitt's greatest achievement that we're able to keep the stories straight.Read the full review

Washington Post | Rita KempleyAdd Critic to Favorites

Sliding Doors is frothy stuff, far more complicated in structure than in content.Read the full review

Slate | David EdelsteinAdd Critic to Favorites

That neither tale is especially interesting doesn't matter -- the contrast alone is enough to make Sliding Doors an irresistible romantic fantasy.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Jay CarrAdd Critic to Favorites

You're hooked enough to keep watching, even if the characterizations veer toward the two-dimensional.Read the full review

Variety | Todd McCarthyAdd Critic to Favorites

A frothy, lightweight romantic comedy that strives to seem richer and more complex than it really is.Read the full review

The New York Times | Stephen HoldenAdd Critic to Favorites

Once the movie throws in a jolting, late-in-the-gameplot twist that could have been borrowed from "City of Angels," it never regains its balance. Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

As we switched relentlessly back and forth between A and B, I found that I wasn't looking forward to either story.Read the full review

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