The Girl on the Train

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Ryan H Can’t remember a bit of it - couldn’t have been that good Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/25 Full Review Cincy M The Girl on the Train is a gripping psychological thriller that deserves far more appreciation than it received. Emily Blunt delivers a raw, vulnerable, and utterly transfixing performance. She fully inhabits the role of Rachel, a woman unraveling from grief, alcoholism, and memory loss, making us feel every ounce of her confusion and desperation. Blunt carries the film with a kind of tragic grace. She balances Rachel’s instability with an undercurrent of steely determination. The film’s pacing and structure are told nonlinearly through shifting perspectives, which amplify the suspense without feeling gimmicky. While some critics may have focused on its differences from the book or compared it unfavorably to Gone Girl, this movie stands on its own merits. Blunt's performance alone elevates it into a must-watch. She deserved far more awards season attention than she got. If you liked Revolutionary Road, you'll probably like this. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/30/25 Full Review Yor A .. a suspense "what if, and or when" .. a disturbing "art imitating life?" and the fragility of humans being .. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/14/25 Full Review Ted B 3.0 stars; This story continually shows up on top-ten mystery book lists. I have never read the book. But if it were as slow as the movie, I probably wouldn't have made it through three chapters. I understand the technique of the movie production, allowing the slow pace to build suspense for the shocking twist ending. However, the jumping around in time and slow pace make the film somewhat hard to follow early on. What really makes this film compelling is Emily Blunt's acting. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/16/25 Full Review Moira K This film kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. I've read the book as well, and the story of the film is quite true to the book - it wouldn't be an easy choice to transfer fro book to film, but it was done quite well anyway. The cast is good and each part is well acted, especially Emily Blunt's. I feel that the amount of criticism here is incredibly unfair. It's strange: often, though not always, the films I don't consult Rotten Tomatoes about, choosing my gut instinct instead, are the ones I enjoy the most, yet those are ones you're most critical about. Those, however, that your website recommends highly (often with barely 5 critics' reviews), are ones I find hard to believe you could rate so highly (Anora and A Real Pain, to list a couple). I'm finding it harder to rely on Rotten Tomatoes, despite previously always always wanting to know what it had to say a couple of years ago. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/29/25 Full Review John R I've never read the book, "The Girl on the Train" so my only experience with this material comes from the movie itself. And even if I have read the book a movie is based on (e.g., Dune), I never feel compelled to compare page by page how faithful the movie is to the book. To me, movies exist to be evaluated on their own merit as a work of art, and I was quite impressed with the movie, "The Girl on the Train." I enjoyed the use of the Unreliable Narrator cinematic tool in this film, as further influenced by the overuse of alcohol. Ultimately, this is a tale of three women whose lives are intertwined in a mystery that is revealed to us one onion layer at a time. Allison Janney gives another great character performance -- as expected. However, the emotional arcs of the three women are delivered via outstanding performances by Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, and Emily Blunt. Time and time again, as a viewer, I could empathize how deep each of them had to go into their characters (and the effort it took) to give us the powerhouse story we see on the screen. Emily Blunt, in particular, gives what I feel should have been an Oscar-worthy performance ... but she never even got a nomination for this role. Overall, this film is largely underrated ... and after watching it twice this past week on 4K UHD my appreciation for this film continues to grow. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/12/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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