Film: The Girl on the Train

GENRE: Mystery, Thriller

RATING: R for violence, sexual content, language & nudity
RUNTIME: 1 hour and 52 minutes

STARRING: Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow, Sicario, Looper)

Haley Bennett (The Equalizer), Rebecca Ferguson (M:I5-Rogue Nation)

DIRECTOR: Tate Taylor (The Help, Get on Up)

WRITER: Erin Cressida Wilson (Secretary, Men Women & Children)

PLOT: A drunk ex-wife stalks her ex and their nanny and gets involved in a missing person case.

FULL DISCLOSURE: Didn’t read the book. Definitely won’t now.

STORY STUFF: Maybe the book was riveting but the film was terrible. I found that I strongly disliked every major character in the story, so I didn’t really care what happened to any of them. The story just meandered all over the place. I find it insane that people who cheat on their spouse are surprised when that person cheats again. I also wonder why these people tend to leave their doors unlocked, you’re just asking for bad things to happen.

ACTING STUFF: I guess Blunt played an alcoholic well. Nice slurring. I did enjoy Allison Janney’s detective; I wish she had a bigger role in the film. The rest were pretty ho-hum.

ARTISTIC STUFF: Taylor tried to copy Fincher’s Gone Girl style but only managed to catch his color palette. The cinematography was pretty plain with the odd flickering of memory flashes. Been there, done that.

VERDICT: One star out of five

SEE IT IF: You want a much crappier Gone Girl

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