The Girl on the Train
Rachel Watson (Emily Blunt), an alcoholic who divorced her husband, catches daily glimpses of a seemingly perfect couple from the window of her train, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there, which promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.
27 August 1974, Long Island, New York, USA
7 January 1988, Fort Myers, Florida, USA
25 March 1977, Caracas, Venezuela
30 July 1963, Encino, California, USA
29 June 1995, Bronxville, New York, USA
7 March 1980, Watchung, New Jersey, USA
17 December 2003, Florida, USA
2 November 1966, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
February 22, 2017
Where The Girl on the Train distinguishes itself, though, is in its forthright presentation. With unbearably over-the-top performances and direction, in addition to an unfocused purpose underlying the story itself, it is an almost unwatchable mess.
October 08, 2016
If it came across your desk, you would probably give it a C-, along with feedback on how to improve on the next assignment.
March 23, 2017
A formidable thriller, and more impressively, an adaptation that actually improves on the blockbuster book it was based on.
February 16, 2017
If you loved Gone Girl, you'll think The Girl on the Train is... okay.
March 15, 2017
Playing the troubled Rachel, whose trek toward the truth is agonizingly slow, could not have been easy. It certainly doesn't make [Blunt] look glamorous. But it does show what it takes to become an A-level movie star.
October 10, 2016
The Girl on the Train is not weirdly great, or even good, though it doesn't really aim to be, positioning itself unabashedly as a knock-off Gone Girl.
October 07, 2016
The flashback structure isn't wholly satisfying, and the climax leaves an abundance of questions, so much so that the movie might have benefited either from taking the time to further flesh those revelations out or stripping them down.
March 09, 2017
While it's not a great movie, I found it absorbing for the most part, an intriguing use of the unreliable narrator (which has been over-used in the past few years), gorgeous photography and a fine script by Erin Cressida Wilson.
October 07, 2016
The Girl on the Train plods along, playing like a lifeless wax museum version of a real thriller.
January 19, 2017
Women finally wise up and take control at the very end of the story, and that is supposed to make up for all the voyeurism and passivity that goes before. I resent having to suffer through all that nonsense for such a brief payoff at the end.
October 07, 2016
Tate Taylor's new adaptation of The Girl on the Train takes the worst parts of the novel (excruciating dialogue, paper-thin plotting, ludicrous twists) and amplifies them.
