The Girl on the Train
Universal Pictures | Release Date: October 7, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 49 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
27
Negative:
9
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireOct 6, 2016
It’s just a flat and suspense-free tale of pretty people in peril. Read full review
38
USA TodayBrian TruittOct 5, 2016
The major whodunit here is who made a best-selling thriller so darn boring. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChristopher GrayOct 4, 2016
It forgoes its promise of twisty adult thrills in favor of a grimly deadpan lecture about messy truths and false perceptions. Read full review
37
Washington PostAnn HornadayOct 6, 2016
Even viewers who are mildly diverted by the whodunit angle are unlikely to find themselves emotionally engaged in the outcome. Read full review
33
IndieWireDavid EhrlichOct 3, 2016
No matter how basic Hawkins’ book might be in comparison to some of the ones that came before it, it’s hard to argue that it didn’t deserve better than this, that any story so smartly attuned to the need for women to hear themselves and each other should be reduced to such flavorless swill. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangOct 6, 2016
The empathy that Taylor summoned so effortlessly in his previous films feels strained and unpersuasive here, and moments that should be lacerating...are overplayed to ghastly effect. Read full review
30
ScreenCrushE. Oliver WhitneyOct 5, 2016
Taylor’s film lacks the suspense required of a thriller. It’s a cheap exploitation of the horrors of alcoholism, depression, and domestic abuse that thinks it’s much smarter and artsier than it is. Read full review
30
Screen DailyTim GriersonOct 4, 2016
Flying off the rails at an alarming speed, The Girl On The Train fails as a compelling character study, struggles to satisfy as a psychological thriller and ultimately settles as an overheated potboiler that doesn’t have the courage to go full camp. Read full review
30
TheWrapRobert AbeleOct 3, 2016
The overall mood created by the crummy, pinched visuals and logic-strained rhythm is of something scanned and discarded, like a tabloid article or a Lifetime movie. Read full review
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