SummaryRachel (Emily Blunt), who is devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.
Directed By:Tate Taylor
Written By:Erin Cressida Wilson, Paula Hawkins
The Girl on the Train
Metascore
Mixed or Average
48
User score
Generally Favorable
6.1
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
48
27% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
55% Mixed
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
18% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Oct 3, 2016
91
[Taylor] deftly translates the bleak, raw-boned menace and tricky time signatures of Train’s intertwined plotlines, and draws remarkably vivid performances from his cast, particularly his two female leads.
Oct 3, 2016
70
As a big-screen thriller, 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.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.1
42% Positive
113 Ratings
113 Ratings
45% Mixed
120 Ratings
120 Ratings
13% Negative
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
Oct 24, 2020
10
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 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.
Jul 10, 2017
10
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. 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
Oct 3, 2016
60
The Girl on the Train engages more than it rivets and brings goosebumps to skin more than chilling to the bone.
Oct 6, 2016
50
It is a somber slog through the lives of one miserable wretch after another.
Oct 6, 2016
42
The film’s flaws aside (those will come later), Blunt’s performance is a hell of a thing, wholly lacking in vanity and brimming with honest, ugly feeling.
Oct 3, 2016
30
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.
Dec 29, 2016
10
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.
Feb 26, 2018
6
kinda reminds me of 'Before I go to sleep' or 'Side effect', the problem is, it hasn't outperformed any of those
Mar 18, 2017
6
The good news is it's very watchable. The not-so-good news: it's silly and doesn't make much sense. But, again, to accentuate the positive: I really liked the casting, especially of minor characters. Surprising and great to see Lisa Kudrow, Allison Janney, Edgar Ramirez, Laura Prepon even if they don't get much screen time. Actors like these add value. A fun enough movie. Dumb but fun.
Jan 5, 2017
3
Choppy editing, **** screenplay, low-rent version Jenifer Lawrence as Megan and Emily Blunt's inconsistent accent and let's-put-blush-on-her-cheeks-so-we-know-she's-an-alcoholic-and-film-a-lot-of-shaky-face-shots proves that you can't make a movie in four months to ride the wave of the novel's popularity
Oct 30, 2016
3
Behold a miserable adaptation of a novel. This should be a lesson in selecting the right filmmaker (director of THE HELP?) to tell your story. Every character was one-dimensional with a story that is so predictable that it's never elevated above a Lifetime original movie. Blunt's amazing performance as a drunk is wasted on every other character that never defies any of their stereotypes. Men are violent sexual predators, a prisoner to their own transgressions, and women are their lovelorn objects who enjoy being the object of their desire more than they hate the loneliness of the live it brings. This falls into the genre of suburban thriller and I would agree with the critic that stated if you wanted to see GONE GIRL by the director of THE HELP -- watch this. Or don't and say that you did - you already know the ending.
Production Company:
- DreamWorks Pictures
- Reliance Entertainment
- Marc Platt Productions
- Amblin Partners
Release Date:Oct 7, 2016
Duration:1 h 52 m
Rating:R
Tagline:What you can see can hurt you.
Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
• 3 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 2 Nominations
Hollywood Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
