Review of The Girl on the Train (2016) by Tim M — 14 Oct 2016

Going against my better judgment to see a movie critics and audiences didn't really like (according to RT), I thought let's just see my girl Emily do some great acting. And that's what I got--she plays an alcoholic quite well.

The others big name actors gave great performances, too, including Allison Janney. But the trouble was the adaptation of the book (which was probably excellent and juicy) and the choice of how to edit so much info into a concise, well-sequenced film.

At 2 hours this D R A G G E D even though I was genuinely interested in the unfolding mystery. Also, I had expected a thriller with a faster pace. You can tell from the first conversation Megan has with her therapist this is NOT going to be an edge of your seat scary movie (without having read the description I thought it was going to be).

So my overall review is: meh....go if you have nothing better to do. If you watch on an overnight flight somewhere, you'll fall asleep.