Helen, a London ad executive, is fired from her job and rushes out to catch a train, but, as she runs down, her life suddenly splits off. In one version she catches the train; in the second, she misses it. Her whole life changes in that one second, and the rest of the film depicts what happens in each scenario.
Well made romance-drama featuring nice performances from Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah. I've seen this a few times over the years and still holds up (outside of the dated technological items). Also was an interesting concept which kudos to Peter Hewitt pulled off. 3.75/5
I remember all the fuss about this film at the time because it was directed by blonde heart-throb Peter Howitt, famed as Joey from the hit BBC sitcom Bread. Ha also wrote the screenplay and the concept is really quite decent. Helen (Gwyneth Paltrow) leaves her boyfriend Gerry (John Lynch) in bed and races for a tube. The doors are closing but will she make it or not? Well in one version of her future she does and in another, she doesnt. One sees her befriend the charismatic James (John Hannah); the other sees her struggle on with her relationship with a man that we know, right from the start, is having a relationship with the delightfully dislikeable Lydia (Jeanne Tripplehorn). Fortunately, Miss Paltrow sports different hairstyles to help u...