Sie liebt ihn – sie liebt ihn nicht (1998)

Sie liebt ihn – sie liebt ihn nicht: Directed by Peter Howitt. With Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn. A London woman’s love life and career both hinge, unknown to her, on whether or not she catches a train. We see it both ways, in parallel.

“I donu0026#39;t remember reading a thing about this movie when it originally appeared, and thatu0026#39;s odd because I enjoy Gwyneth Paltrowu0026#39;s work. I caught up with it on DVD, and I thought it was a superior movie with an extremely interesting premise and splendid performances by Paltrowu0026#39;s co-stars. Without giving too much away, the film deals with two separate scenarios that evolve from Paltowu0026#39;s (a) catching or (b) missing a subway train. The director manages skillfully to lay the two stories down alongside one another without confusing either one. Although the two Paltrows are distinguished by different hair styles, even that isnu0026#39;t really necessary. She (becomes) happy in one story, desperately unhappy in the other. She succeeds (eventually) in one story, fails in the other. She is the same character but entirely different. As she proved in u0026quot;Shakespeare in Love,u0026quot; this girl can act. There arenu0026#39;t many films where chance causes alternate fates that are followed through to a rather surprising end. Worth seeing for that reason alone. Plus Gwyneth Paltrow, of course.”