History YMMV / SlidingDoors

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: can feel like a time capsule of the late 90s. We have a Princess Di inspired haircut, slang people don't really use anymore in the UK ("shagging", "pissing"), Helen looking for jobs in the paper, and references to Gary Glitter that apparently was written before he was arrested for some heinous crimes (see HarsherInHindsight).

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-gL9lmAU0A&ab_channel=HTVmuzik "Turn Back Time"]]. Music/{{Aqua}} plays against their cheesy bubblegum omage to create a beutifullly somber work.

SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Lydia's "We suggest you take the bus!" rant.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Lydia's "We suggest you take the bus!" rant.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Not so much for the film, but the soundtrack. "Turn Back Time" is a surprisingly deep and serious song by [[Music/{{Aqua}} a group best known for cheesy bubblegum pop]].

* HeReallyCanAct: Not so much for the film, but the soundtrack. "Turn Back Time" is a surprisingly deep and serious song by [[Music/{{Aqua}} a group best known for cheesy bubblegum pop]].

* IdiotPlot: So much trouble could have been avoided if James Hammerton had thought to say to Helen Quilley on their first date "Oh, by the way [[spoiler: I'm separated from my first wife and we're getting a divorce, but don't worry, it's all amicable".]]

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: James' reminiscences of his childhood sweetheart who, aged 8, left him for Gary Glitter.

* HarsherInHindsight: The scene with James saying that his first ever girlfriend, when they were both pre-pubescent, ended when she left him for Gary Glitter is painful to hear now that Glitter has been exposed as a sexual abuser of young girls.

* IdiotPlot: So much trouble could have been avoided if James Hamilton had thought to say to Helen Quilley on their first date "Oh, by the way [[spoiler: I'm separated from my first wife and we're getting a divorce, but don't worry, it's all amicable".]]

* HilariousInHindsight: This wouldn't be the last time John Hannah played a key role in an alternate universe story -- how do we know that the reality in which Helen caught the train and met James wasn't actually [[Series/AgentsOfShield the Framework]]?

** [[spoiler: Also, the fact that in both timelines she lost the baby.]]

* FunnyMoments: Lydia's "We suggest you take the bus!" rant.

* HilariousInHindsight: This wouldn't be the last time John Hannah played a key role in an alternate universe story -- how do we know that the reality in which Helen caught the train wasn't actually [[Series/AgentsOfShield the Framework]]?

* Tearjerker: [[spoiler: Helen's death in the timeline where she made the train.]]

* Tearjerker: [[spoiler: Helen's death in the timeline where she made the train.

* {{Narm}}: Lydia leaving Gerry in one of the timelines: "It's over! ''Again!''"

* HarsherInHindsight: The scene with James saying that his first ever girlfriend when they were both pre-pubescent ended when she left him for Gary Glitter is painful to hear now Glitter has been exposed a sexual abuser of young girls.

* IdiotPlot: So much trouble could have been avoided if James Hammerton had thought to say to Helen Quilley on their first date "Oh, by the way [[spoiler: I'm separated from my first wife and we're getting a divorce, but don't worry, it's all amicable".]]

* IdiotPlot: So much trouble could have been avoided if James Hammerton had thought to say to Helen Quilley on their first date "Oh, by the way [[spoiler: I'm separated from my first wife and we're getting a divorce, but don't worry, it's all amicable".]]

* BrokenAesop: So apparently, standing up for yourself and becoming a successful, independent woman is a good thing....except when you get punished for it [[spoiler: by dying.]] Uh, okay then.