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Candace_djOct 9, 2016

Emily Blunt was absolutely brilliant in this film. I read the book and the movie did an outstanding job of sticking to the story. There were very few things that were changed and it was non-essential things that were clearly for condensingEmily Blunt was absolutely brilliant in this film. I read the book and the movie did an outstanding job of sticking to the story. There were very few things that were changed and it was non-essential things that were clearly for condensing for screen. The movie was great! I feel that the poor reviews aren't necessarily accurate. They are divided by those that loved it because they read the book, and those that hate it and clearly did not read the book.… Expand

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JohnrieberOct 16, 2016

I didn't read the book. All of this was fresh to me. And It was great. Emily Blunt was terrific, and the supporting cast gave it an A+ performance. It is a terrific thriller, with strong performances and a twist ending that isn'tI didn't read the book. All of this was fresh to me. And It was great. Emily Blunt was terrific, and the supporting cast gave it an A+ performance. It is a terrific thriller, with strong performances and a twist ending that isn't insulting at all. The people who said it was incomprehensible didn't want to go along with the twists...it was GREAT… Expand

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GinaKOct 7, 2016

Emily Blunt should get a 10 for an excellent performance that kept the audience interested throughout. I enjoyed the movie and I also enjoyed the book, and for me they are two very different experiences. The book is concentrated and focusedEmily Blunt should get a 10 for an excellent performance that kept the audience interested throughout. I enjoyed the movie and I also enjoyed the book, and for me they are two very different experiences. The book is concentrated and focused with a mood that I thought was impossible to capture on film, and it was. Yet the film works on its own merits, and for me it clarified some of the clues and motivations and made all the characters more real. I suggest enjoying both for the very different experiences they provide.… Expand

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MCS33Oct 8, 2016

Seems like the critics are being really hard on this movie. I read the book and wondered how they would be able to handle all the time travel. I think they did a great job and Emily Blunt did a super acting job. Acting like a drunk withoutSeems like the critics are being really hard on this movie. I read the book and wondered how they would be able to handle all the time travel. I think they did a great job and Emily Blunt did a super acting job. Acting like a drunk without overdoing it is difficult and she killed it. I read a lot of reviews before I go see movies and I took a chance on this and was so pleasantly surprised at how entertained i was eve when I already knew the ending and was still riveting..… Expand

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PipeCOct 9, 2016

Tate Taylor's Thriller Is The Best Since "Gone Girl" by David Fincher

It becomes iterative to affirm that Hollywood is going through a rough creative standstill, proof of this, clearly, endless adaptations of best-sellers, but, does theTate Taylor's Thriller Is The Best Since "Gone Girl" by David Fincher

It becomes iterative to affirm that Hollywood is going through a rough creative standstill, proof of this, clearly, endless adaptations of best-sellers, but, does the film guaranteed the same success of the book? In most cases, Yes, it does. Take, for instance, "Fifty Shades of Grey", "Me Before You", "The Light Between Oceans", "Miss Peregrine's Home Peculiar for Children", and even "Nerve" (and of course, from best-seller to blockbuster: "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"), which, despite do not be masterpieces of modern filmography, have remained strongly for an enviable period of time at the worldwide box office. Now, it is turn of Paula Hawkins and her "Girl on the Train", which reigned in 2015 with an exorbitant 11 million copies and months atop international best-seller lists, therefore, it is not a confidence that long before its official publication, its film rights had already been acquired.

Rachel Watson (Emily Blunt) is a divorced, unstable and dipsomaniac woman (not girl) that takes the same LIRR train every morning, every night, and sits on the same seat, same window, fantasizing to get back into the life she once had. Rachel repeats her routine daily, with her sketchbook, her grey coat, her curious prying eyes and her money to drown in the lethal alcohol. In her routine trip, she observes in detail from the window of the carriage to a "perfect" couple - from the train - a blonde girl named Megan Hipwell (Haley Bennett) and her jealous husband Scott (Luke Evans), who lead a relationship of pure sex, falsehoods and unhappiness. Beside, everything continues as usual, her previous house, with her ex-husband, the big difference is that she is no longer there; Tom (Justin Theroux), the mendacious Tom, lives with a younger girl, taller, sexier, with bigger breasts, Ana (Rebecca Ferguson), the woman who ruined the matrimony of Rachel, disturbed, she idealizes her fantasy like a voyeuristic owl during the ten seconds that the train passes through there. However, the obsessions of Rachel with the idealized couple and her previous marriage bring her - alcoholic - has got off the train and try to confront with the ideal girl, although, disoriented, she falls into a vague and diffuse spiral, of which short glimpses and too many blackouts accompany her the following day in her bedroom, bruised, bloodstained and disoriented again. What happened that Friday? Why was she so beaten? and ... Megan H., her role model, with who supposedly had faced , Is she missing?

Blunt is merely a piece on the perturbing trip, a crucial piece. Emily never will be a disaster, she is professional, profound and tenaciously eloquent as the unhinged Rachel. Her British accent corresponds with context of the story, despite the film has replaced the enviroment of United Kingdom by the atmosphere of the United States, however, still working. The way in which she is capable of transmitting distress and sorrow, while also strength and tenacity is unusual, her performance together with the other women's main role is a huge step towards equality in Hollywood, unusually, they are not the two-dimensional characters. The fast-paced trip begins and ends with Ms. Blunt, nevertheless, other people deserve a round of applause too. No one like Rachel, no one like Blunt.

Inherent loyalty of movie with the book will keep critical readers with eyes glued to the screen, excited with the course of story even knowing the powerful end. Both in the novel and the film, "The Girl on the Train" addresses topics linked to the life of a normal human as infidelity, divorce, alcoholism, male chauvinist, maltreatment, lust and serious dangers of lies that holds each person, then speeds up and hits its true stride, clarifying what happened that afternoon of Friday with Megan , the muddled life of Rachel and the issues of others characters causing a revolution of disproportionate twists and emotions, who said that the excesses are detrimental? Here, they are not.

It is ineluctable, and not exactly is a defect, moreover, it is a colossal compliment. The writing of Hawkins has a connotation with the novel by Gillian Flynn, "Gone Girl" from 2012, therefore, the film also. As well and all, "The Girl on the Train" moves through the same track, but, by distant rails. Fincher unleashed a media boom with "Gone Girl" in 2014 - curiously, in October,- now, Tate Taylor will be who relieves him. The cards of title, its anachronistic structure, its beautiful photography and even its plausible dialogs and instrumental soundtracks has concordances and differences that make it unique.

"The Girl on the Train" is a Hitchcockian ride with a powerful story and an irrefutable potential. Voyeurism, abuses, self-esteem and deadly appearances are combined in Taylor's thriller with such magnetism that once you are on the same train with Rachel, you cannot get off until finished closing credits. One of the most anticipated films of the year is the best thriller since "Gone Girl" in 2014. "The Girl on the Train" is like riding by train for the first time, simply amazing, swift and paralyzing.… Expand

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WaelOct 7, 2016

The Girl on the Train is an enjoyable movie. Two things shine the most throughout the film: Emily Blunt's amazing performance, and the script-writing that is taken word by word from the Paula Hawkins novel (except for minimal details).The Girl on the Train is an enjoyable movie. Two things shine the most throughout the film: Emily Blunt's amazing performance, and the script-writing that is taken word by word from the Paula Hawkins novel (except for minimal details). Although Tate Taylor's direction could have been better, almost everything else about this film works.… Expand

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ParleonOct 11, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Non-Spoilers:
The Girl on The Train is a good movie. It's filled with suspense, drama, and mystery; and it features love, infidelity, loss, heartbreak, loneliness, depression, anxiety, alcoholism, mental unconsciousness, self-mental abuse, desire, sex, and murder. This movie will keep you guessing until the very end. If you want to enjoy a good movie about the human condition (which is acted out superbly by the way), then check out The Girl on The Train.

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Viewers should watch this movie more than once. I don't believe that one viewing will help an audience participant fully comprehend its true nature. I think that audience viewers will be anticipating something similar to Gone Girl, they want to experience a full mystery story, but what they get instead is a story about the mental condition.

Rachel can't get pregnant, and so she turns to the bottle. Tom (Rachel's ex-husband) is a complete as$hole. He cheats on his wife because she can't conceive. Tom mentally damages Rachel by lying to her about her blackout phases. She has visions about what happened to her during one of her moments, but they're all falsities created by Tom.

Megan is (in her own words) a whore. She likes to sleep around with different men. Does she enjoy having sex with multiple partners, maybe? Megan wants a change in her life. She doesn't want to be with her husband anymore. Scott (Megan's husband) is a control freak. He has sex with her when he pleases. He wants her to conceive, but he's convinced that she doesn't want children. Unbeknown to Scott, Megan has the past. She's haunted by memories of the day she lost her child. She loved her child, but one accident proved to be something fatal, and it forever changed her life.

Anna was Tom's flame while he was married to Rachel. Anna and Tom are currently together, but Anna suspects infidelity during their marriage. Why Anna decided to fu*k a married person is beyond me. Why did she knowingly marry a cheating as$hole? Anna and Tom currently have a baby together. Anna is afraid of Rachel because one day, the front door was unlocked, Rachel let herself in, and then she took the baby outside. Anna panicked trying to find her baby. Once Anna went outside, she found Rachel and the baby. Rachel wasn't harming the baby she was just holding it. Anna pleaded, "Put my baby down!" Rachel gently put the baby on the ground and then ran away. Unbeknown to Anna, Rachel was heavily intoxicated. She just wanted to hold the baby and feel what that love was like. Rachel knew that she would never be able to have children, and she just wanted to feel that love she knew would never be possible. Rachel wanted a loving husband, the baby, and the fairytale happy ending.

Megan decided to see a shrink. Dr. Kamal Abdic is trying to help Megan deal with her current situations. Megan (being who she is and knowing it) tries to engage in sexual activity with her therapist. At first glance, it may seem that he's sleeping with her, but that's truly not the case. All he wants to do is help her get through her (I don't give a fu*k) phase. In the end, the doctor helps her realize why she's doing what she's doing. Megan's guilt for the death of her child sent her on a downward spiral. She's coping with her guilt by sleeping around.

Rachel and Megan are completely fleshed out. I received the knowledge of their past, and that helped me understand their way of thinking.

I didn't know what the hell Anna was doing.

Tom's a complete mentally abusive as$hole. He sleeps around because he's tired of sleeping with the same woman consistently.

Scott is shallow.

Dr. Kamal Abdic just happens to be present.

Overall, The Girl on the Train may be overshadowed by its mystery plot, but its true nature lies within its character's mental conditioning. Some characters are not there while others are just present. I will say that this movie does suffer from an overly complicated plot structure. For Example, a character called "Man in the Suit" is overused during the first act. The only use for the character is to throw the audience off. The mystery of the movie is not that good. Two characters certainly flesh out the movie and turn it into more than what it is. The Girl on the Train is about mental conditioning. The things we go through in the past can sometimes shape our future. Never make assumptions about people. We never have a clue about other people until we receive the full story.

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hornysoulSep 22, 2018

Este não é um filme para um público moderno que não aguenta um filme sem explosões e disparos de metralhadoras a cada cinco ou dez minutos. Não é um filme para pessoas que se aborrecem pelos diálogos. É um filme de suspense bem construído queEste não é um filme para um público moderno que não aguenta um filme sem explosões e disparos de metralhadoras a cada cinco ou dez minutos. Não é um filme para pessoas que se aborrecem pelos diálogos. É um filme de suspense bem construído que habita um pouco na personagem. Um must-watch, apesar de não ser tão bom como o livro (o que acontece quase sempre).… Expand

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busbfranOct 8, 2016

Emily Blunt's performance is outstanding along with the great cast! which serves the book justice. The drama/thriller has a similar direction as "Gone Girl" with some really interesting and fresh plot twist. Not only is the story implementedEmily Blunt's performance is outstanding along with the great cast! which serves the book justice. The drama/thriller has a similar direction as "Gone Girl" with some really interesting and fresh plot twist. Not only is the story implemented well to film, but the character development and progressing throughout the movie is done flawlessly. The girl on the train is a gem of 2016 and must watch for all fans.… Expand

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forwardswillOct 7, 2016

Emily Blunt knocks it out of the park with her finest performance to date. The film around her is pretty weak for the first half with her acting really pulling you through (particularly in a phenomenal scene with her and her therapist). TheEmily Blunt knocks it out of the park with her finest performance to date. The film around her is pretty weak for the first half with her acting really pulling you through (particularly in a phenomenal scene with her and her therapist). The second half of the film is much stronger and parts, particularly the end are actually thrilling, even if the film still has the trashy vibe the book had. Haley Bennett also does a good job when the writing (which is pretty much saved by the book having such an interesting plot anyway) allows her to do so. The camera work is the sole other brilliant factor, distorting the view of the audience to parallel Rachel's mind and our natural confusion.… Expand

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PeterAlexanderDec 11, 2016

As someone who didn't read the book, this movie kept me guessing from start to finish. I was thoroughly engaged and desperate to find out the secrets the movie was hiding from me. The twists and turns were shocking.

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Alessandra21Oct 9, 2016

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marco34laOct 8, 2016

The performances in this movie are great and the story is very ENGAGING. I had major issues with the movie - "Gone Girl" - because it took absurd turns in the story. There is a slight twist in this one, but it didn't bother me
as much. OverThe performances in this movie are great and the story is very ENGAGING. I had major issues with the movie - "Gone Girl" - because it took absurd turns in the story. There is a slight twist in this one, but it didn't bother me
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LeZeeJul 30, 2017

The mystery man and the gone girl!

It is one of those films that I thought I saw everything from its trailer. Not just me, many others said the same. Those we were never read the original source. Yes, it was based on the book of the sameThe mystery man and the gone girl!

It is one of those films that I thought I saw everything from its trailer. Not just me, many others said the same. Those we were never read the original source. Yes, it was based on the book of the same name. I really liked it. Unpredictable, but once it reveals its secret, it feels so simple that we'd missed. Straightforward storytelling. No flashbacks. Great characters, but that's where the story had a strong grip. Especially when the suspense unveiled, you might say all the earlier events were in the wrong direction, which were intentionally done to divert viewer's envision.

An alcoholic woman who daily takes the train to work, witnesses out of the window a woman happily married and living the life of her dream. When one day she sees a mysterious man with her, the tale takes a twist. Following the suspense, what she finds and how the film ends are the remaining part. Emily Blunt was very good. There are other characters, but it was Emily's story, told from her perspective. Recognisable role with an award, but the film's theme was an adult. Not like sexual exploration, but the basic outline was drawn out of such concept. One of the finest crime-mystery in the recent time, so surely worth a watch.

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eagleeyevikingFeb 15, 2018

"The Girl on the Train" is a satisfying murder mystery that stays true, although it lacks the bite, of it's source material.

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HotelCentralNov 2, 2017

This is not a movie for a modern audience which can't get by without explosions and machine-gun fire every five or ten minutes. It's not a movie for people who are bored by dialog. It's a well-constructed suspense flick that dwells a bit onThis is not a movie for a modern audience which can't get by without explosions and machine-gun fire every five or ten minutes. It's not a movie for people who are bored by dialog. It's a well-constructed suspense flick that dwells a bit on character and twists the act of story-telling to match the central character's mental challenges.

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BitashJul 10, 2017

I have lost faith in a metacritic, if I listened to the reviews is would have missed out on this great movie. It was great acting and a good plot. Emily blunt deserves an academy award for her amazing acting, she was sooo believable. TheI have lost faith in a metacritic, if I listened to the reviews is would have missed out on this great movie. It was great acting and a good plot. Emily blunt deserves an academy award for her amazing acting, she was sooo believable. The movie keeps you in a suspense so that you don't know who the villain is till the end. Great movie, must see. Won't be disappointed… Expand

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goncalocoutoOct 20, 2018

"The Girl on the Train" não é fácil de perceber, até porque o seu desenvolvimento lento nem sempre ajuda, mas é agradável, em geral.
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marcmyworksOct 14, 2016

The critics have been really hard on this film and honestly its another example of me briefly questioning my own taste and realizing I don't really care. I liked this film, it had elements that could very well be compared to "Gone Girl"The critics have been really hard on this film and honestly its another example of me briefly questioning my own taste and realizing I don't really care. I liked this film, it had elements that could very well be compared to "Gone Girl" however it does really work on its own. Emily Blunt gives a marvelous performance as a woman who is near the end of her rope and Haley Bennett is wonderful as her complex and disturbed fantasy girl.… Expand

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TheMetacritiqerNov 16, 2016

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm so glad I was able to experience this story. I read the book,then watched the movie. While I can't know what would have happened if I reversed that process, I felt like I would have liked the movie better(maybe even a good deal better.maybe.The point is I don't want to badmouth it)if I saw it first. There really is not much of a difference at all between the two. For the most part, the dialogue is identical. Although I don't like how they took out the role of one detective. And then leaving out the horror scene with Scott was a let down. Maybe they thought it was out of character or it would lessen the impact of the fight with Tom(I warned you, spoilers.)(that's not a one-eyed smiley face)After knowing the entire story, listening to Rachael's opening monologue or the slow(well it seemed fast compared to the-ok I'm sick of writing "book") revealing and hints of who the murderer is doesn't get me thinking like the novel did. While reading it I was captivated at times. I even wrote down all my theories and hypotheses on paper. For the record I predicted it was Tom about 75% percent through. The really obvious clue that got me was when I think it was Anna who described how good he was at lying. Come on, that's a big giveaway. So while the twist wasn't up there with Bioshock Infinite, at least it got me to think hard about it. But again, I wasn't doing that while watching the movie. Although it still was cool to watch it all on screen. I like how it goes all the way with the brutality with no shame.(okay, that night I watched "that" Walking Dead episode,which was amazing by the way). Oh, and it should be noted that the main reason I was interested in this memorable story is because Emily Blunt(Sicari-fricken-o) is in it. It's sad to let it all go but while I don't know what stories the future will hold,(or is holding if you believe in string theory(laugh emoji/GTA reference))the great thing is I know there will be.… Expand

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RafailDec 29, 2016

Great movie. All the actors were on top. But especially Emily Blunt wos great in this film. Overall nice the cast and plot of the film is very well hooked.

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RalfbergsFeb 14, 2017

Good cast, good acting from most of them and an interesting story, which was quite unpredictable for most of it. Also made me think how easy people can be manipulated, especially if they have addictions.

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reviewfrom19842Feb 7, 2017

The girl on the train is underrated I get why people hate but I thought it was a pretty good movie .

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madmoviemanNov 29, 2016

This is a really entertaining and engaging thriller. I can’t say that it’s by any means the most intelligent or down-to-earth mystery ever put on the big screen, but its confidence and style, evoked mostly through a haunting score, excellentThis is a really entertaining and engaging thriller. I can’t say that it’s by any means the most intelligent or down-to-earth mystery ever put on the big screen, but its confidence and style, evoked mostly through a haunting score, excellent directing and a spellbinding central performance, make it a thoroughly engrossing watch from start to finish.

The one thing that we all want in a thriller is an interesting and unpredictable story, and that’s exactly what this film does. From the start, the plot introduces all manner of possibilities through the use of flashbacks and individual character focus, and it makes for a fantastic set up to what later becomes a very complex plot.

The most immediately gripping element of the whole film is easily the central character, played by Emily Blunt. Initially swinging between a full-on antagonist and a simply misunderstood woman, this character was utterly fascinating to watch develop right from the start of the movie, and the fact that we spend so much time focusing on her in the exposition phase gives you a strong emotional connection, something that comes into play brilliantly in the latter stages.

But the main reason that the character is so enthralling is because of Emily Blunt’s performance. The likes of nothing we’ve ever seen before from the actress, her relentlessly gritty portrayal of an extremely depressed and possibly mentally unstable woman is absolutely mind-blowing to watch from start to finish. She doesn’t make the film a pleasant watch, but her performance is so powerfully intense that it gives the entire film an extra level of brilliant dramatic tension.

Bearing her character in mind, the film gradually becomes more and more engrossing. Because we spend so much time with a character who we barely even know, and are none the wiser as to when she will flip, the story is consistently on edge as the stakes ramp up. With no spoilers. I have to say that the events and content of this plot were absolutely enthralling to follow, brilliantly building up to a seriously intense finale.

The film is also a technically enthralling watch, with expert directing from Tate Taylor, who perfectly sets the high-stakes, intense and unpredictable atmosphere of everything that happens in The Girl On The Train, something fantastically complemented by very gritty cinematography and a particularly intense and haunting score.

In the end, all of that comes together to make The Girl On The Train a powerfully intense and enthralling watch, but for one major issue that arises in its final act. Although I loved the directions the plot took, the final act’s revelations and climaxes aren’t quite as intelligently handled as they should be. In comparison to a similar mystery-thriller, Gone Girl, The Girl On The Train’s various revelations at the death aren’t quite so convincing in a real-world context.

Apart from the fact that a couple of moments are a little preposterous, what’s most frustrating is that the answers are given from what feels like a third-person perspective. Instead of seeing the characters on screen unlock the resolution to the mystery, we get a series of detached flashbacks to the scene of the crime, which really made me feel as if the film hadn’t earned the right to give us the answer, feeling a little like a quick cop-out to tie up all the loose ends.

Again, I loved the content of the resolutions, but it was frustrating to see them handled in a somewhat lazy manner. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed this film from start to finish, thanks to its unpredictable, high-stakes and intense mystery, stunning central performance by Emily Blunt, brilliant directing, cinematography and scoring.… Expand

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meydianarizki21Oct 24, 2020

I don't usually watch mystery thriller dramas - I generally only go to big budget action movies. I knew next to nothing going in about what this movie was about, which is probably the best way to go into this movie (so in this review I'm notI don't usually watch mystery thriller dramas - I generally only go to big budget action movies. I knew next to nothing going in about what this movie was about, which is probably the best way to go into this movie (so in this review I'm not going to discuss the plot at all, just how I felt about the movie - it's better this way). I knew Emily Blunt was in the movie and that it was based on a novel and that's really about this it. Despite all this, I actually liked this movie.

Who hasn't observed strangers from a distance and imagined our own life stories for them? What if we got lost in our own imagined thoughts and turned them into a dangerous obsession? It's an interesting premise on which to base a story.

The movie kept me guessing; it wasn't predictable. It had me feeling disturbed, engaged, sad, and cringing at the unfolding events. I guess this is exactly what you'd want from a mystery thriller.… Expand

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DawdlingPoetNov 26, 2021

I found this a sinister, gripping watch. It does use some perhaps cliched elements but I enjoyed it nevertheless. I did read the novel that its based on and I recognised/remembered some of the plot aspects from the book, although the bigI found this a sinister, gripping watch. It does use some perhaps cliched elements but I enjoyed it nevertheless. I did read the novel that its based on and I recognised/remembered some of the plot aspects from the book, although the big difference is that its set in the US (New York to be more specific), rather than just outside London.

Emily Blunt gives quite a haunting performance as the main character, Rachel, someone who is, I think its fair to say, a bit edgy, anxious and unsure what to make of what she sees. The film has quite a claustrophobic/atmospheric feel, with Rachel struggling to figure out whats going on, to solve the mystery, as the viewer also wants. Her portrayal as a scared and lost person often seemingly verging on somewhat of a spiral, teetering on losing control, is quite eery and I'd say its worth seeing for that alone. The film features a decent, unobtrusive use of ethereal type music/noises to add to the sinister feeling. Its perhaps a bit cliched but it certainly doesn't ruin the film either.

I suppose the plot pace is a bit slow but it still felt a more compelling watch than some other slow-ish paced films I've seen recently. I think its flawed character of Rachel that appeals, as I suppose most people could relate to at least some aspect(s) of her. I remember thinking that the novel seemed like a jigsaw puzzle waiting to be solved and indeed the film is much the same, being, as it is, a mystery based film with plenty of tension and a great main performance. I enjoyed this film and would recommend it to others. Of course the depiction of a somewhat vulnerable lady won't appeal to all, some may say that aspect is too stereotyped but the story has more to it than just that aspect and I felt it was a well made film in general, so I'm going for a 4 star rating.… Expand

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