The Girl On the Train

— I admit it. I didn’t make it through Paula Hawkins’ novel even though everyone raved about it. I just didn’t really care about Rachel, her failed marriage, her sad life, her drinking, or her stalking. The film’s no better except I stuck with it to the end. Overall, the action is just too flat with only slight short spurts of intrigue to keep you watching, so it never stood a chance of being a decent mystery/thriller. I think either the director or the editor lost sight of how tension normally builds in these kinds of stories. The best thing is that Emily Blunt does a decent job and, without her, the film would have been a real bomb. Even so, watching “Gone Girl” again would have been a much better use of my time.

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[2016. 112 min. Directed by Tate Taylor. Starring Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, and Justin Theroux.]
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