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The Girl On The Train Movie Review

Name: The Girl On The Train Movie Review
Item: The Girl On The Train
Rating: 2.75
Author: Pradip Bhat

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Review for the film " The Girl On The Train"

Streaming On: Netflix

Runtime: 1 Hour 55 Minutes

Certificate: A

Released: 14-10-2016

Genre: Thriller

Similar To: Them That Follow, Ballerina (2024), The Man With The Iron Heart, Zombies Vs. Robots

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CAST & CREW

Edgar Ramirez

Justin Theroux

Luke Evans

Marko Caka

Paula Hawkins

Allison Janney

Emily Blunt

Haley Bennett

Laura Prepon

Lisa Kudrow

Rebecca Ferguson

Marc Platt

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Producer:

Marc Platt

Editor:

Michael McCusker

Director:

Tate Taylor

Supporting Actress:

Lisa Kudrow

Laura Prepon

Haley Bennett

Allison Janney

Emily Blunt

Rebecca Ferguson

Director of Photography:

Connie Huang

Charlotte Bruus Christensen

Executive Producer:

Celia D Costas

Jared LeBoff

Casting Director:

Paul Schnee

Kerry Barden

Novelist:

Paula Hawkins

Still Photographer:

Barry Wetcher

Production Designer:

Kevin Thompson

Set Decorator:

Susan Bode

Judy Gurr

Casting Associate:

Joey Montenarello

Adam Richards

Hair Stylist:

Alan D\'Angerio

Stunt Coordinator:

Victor Paguia

Stunt Performer:

Dejay Roestenberg

Visual Effects Artist:

Erin Sullivan

Sound Mixer:

Peter Schneider

Danny Michael

Boom Operator:

Kira Smith

Assistant Cameraman:

Denny Kortze

Glenn Kaplan

Costume Supervisor:

David Davenport

Graphic Designer:

Edward A Ioffreda

Supporting Actor:

Justin Theroux

Luke Evans

Marko Caka

Edgar Ramirez

empty:

Joe Guest

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“The Girl on the Train”…isn’t the title intriguing? Well, we all love sitting near the train window and watching lives from there. Paula Hawkins Paula Hawkins acted as a columnist for a long time >> Read More... wrote a book named The Girl on the Train in 2015 by understanding this. Her novel also was one of the bestsellers of all time. Now let’s see how this cinematic version turns to be.

Plot

Instead of telling the story let me tell you in this way; The Girl on the Train is a mixture of passenger trains (this is where the lead actress commutes), marital disloyalty, nostalgia of good old happy married days, sexual hints, and alcoholism. Now you interconnect these aspects; you get the film The Girl on the Train.

Star Performances

Emily Blunt has a captivating charisma and this compensates for her lack of competency in portraying the character Rachel. Haley Bennett Haley Bennett is a renowned American pop singer an >> Read More... manages to get our empathy and fits the role to the T. The rest of the cast do a convincing job.

Analysis

The director Tate Taylor has not followed the book exactly; he has taken some cinematic liberties. The movie talks about self-destructive characters which may not be liked by all.

What’s there?

The movie has some strange twists.

What’s not there?

The story progressing from Britain to America is something unwanted.
The story goes in a somewhat depressing tone sometimes.
The tension is not mounted to a great extent, which should be the case with such films.

Verdict

The cinematic version is not as impactful as the novel. However, if you are game for a gloomy film with its own share of thrills, then you can watch this film.

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