Review of The Girl on the Train (2016) by Ayrton C — 18 Dec 2017
Rachel projects a fantasy onto Megan. Of a wife deeply in love with her husband, and a husband who loves his wife with equal intensity. Megan doesn't live up to this fantasy, so Rachel calls her a whore.
Megan is still mourning the death of her daughter, that grief transformed into resentment which she then projects onto Anna, making her feel inadequate for being a stay at home mother. Anna is willfully ignorant about her husband, projecting that ignorance onto Rachel, insisting that she's the dangerous, abusive ex-spouse.
This movie seems to be about the effect of one man on three women, but really, it's about the relationship all the women have to each other. It's callous.
This review of The Girl on the Train (2016) was written by Ayrton C on 18 Dec 2017.
The Girl on the Train has generally received mixed reviews.
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