plays like a flimsy, artificially sweetened version of David Fincher's lurid trash-terpiece - the source material, for all of its strengths, was still a less savvy & satirical version of the Gillian Flynn thriller that inspired one of 2014's best films
Emily Blunt does her considerable best with this exasperating and plaintive role...But this part doesn't give her any scope for recovery, for the all-important mastery and survival: she just always looks under the weather
director Tate Taylor, working from a intriguingly dark script by Erin Cressida Wilson, has made the best choice possible to portray Rachel Watson, the booze-addled, bleary-eyed, emotional wreck of the film's title. That's Emily Blunt, & she is perfection
"The Girl on a Train" is just so-so, but taken as 112 minutes of upscale psychodramatic confessional bad-behavior porn, it generates a voyeuristic zing that's sure to carry audiences along
by Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian ]
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]
