The Girl On The Train Reviews Compilation Thread
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afeshs — 9 years ago(October 26, 2016 10:32 AM)
Blunt is so outstanding as Rachel vulnerable and disturbed, building herself up one minute only to relapse into drink or despair the next that its a shame shes stuck in the mess around her.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/staff/michael_smith/movie-rewind-the-girl-on-the-train-is-trainwreck/article_ca192a7b-6b63-53e2-bd09-1d9b22801ea2.html
Blunt excels as Rachel, a fractured performance that leaves her vulnerable due to her alcoholism, sympathetic due to her history but drawing contempt due to her actions. Blunt is the clear standout but the rest of the cast deliver solid performances that support the script.
http://rockrivertimes.com/2016/10/26/girl-on-the-train-is-a-suitable-date-night-thriller/
[..]There is, however, a new woman in my (critics) lifeand that woman is Emily Blunt. As the alcoholic, Blunt deepens the traditional role of unreliable narrator. She has blackouts and, thus, forgets about what happens when she is all soused-up. Despite this disability, Blunt humanizes her character by imbuing it, during the first scenes, with a very deep longing and sadness for home. She looks longingly at these homes along the tracks because, as we will find out later, she does not have a home anymore. Her alcoholic ways are done with such original ease. She is not woozy or all too drunk but we can see there is something unstable about her. When Blunt looks into the camera, one is reminded of a younger, perhaps more classically beautiful Karen Black.
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/the-girl-on-the-train-a-bumpy-ride/ -
afeshs — 9 years ago(October 28, 2016 10:06 AM)
Even after all of these criticisms, the movie still functions largely due to Blunts portrayal of the titular protagonist. An actress whose career has been filled with memorable roles ranging from Queen Victoria in Jean-Marc Vallees The Young Victoria to the bakers wife in Rob Marshalls adaptation of Into the Woods, Blunt delivers a chilling, yet captivating performance, despite the thin sketch of a script. Her Rachel is an emotionally vulnerable woman who is determined to unearth the truth but constantly struggles to trust her fractured mind.
She is so immersed in the role that, at times, it feels as if the audience is watching a one-woman show.
Derailed by a razor-thin sketch of a script and a director who clearly did not know what he was doing, The Girl on the Train is not the best film adaptation but can definitely be considered another of Emily Blunts most memorable performances.
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afeshs — 9 years ago(October 29, 2016 08:53 AM)
The best thing about The Girl On The Train, though, is Emily Blunt's performance. An initially light-hearted and relatable scene turns dark when Rachel, drunk in the toilet of a bar, performs an intense and passionate monologue, staring furiously at herself in the bathroom mirror. In this scene, Blunt is transfixing, the cinema screen almost trembling with the character's violent rage. And in a scene where Rachel bares her soul to a psychiatrist, all-too-close close-ups and a sensitive script enhance Blunt's utterly believable performance, as she delivers words groaning with sadness and exhaustion.
If you watch The Girl On The Train to relive Hawkins' novel, you are likely to be disappointed. I am certain, however, that no-one could be disappointed in the decision to cast Emily Blunt, who is admirable throughout the film.
http://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/leisure/arts/14830763.Film_reviews_with_Grace_Kinsey__The_Girl_on_the_Train_starring_Emily_Blunt/ -
afeshs — 9 years ago(November 04, 2016 04:37 AM)
GIRL ON THE TRAIN is a decent psychological thriller, but Emily Blunt's portrayal of alcoholism is Oscar-worthy.
[..]see the movie for [Blunt's] portrayal of sorrowful Rachel if nothing else. She is not a stumbling, disgusting drunk. She speaks and something is just not quite right (Is she slurring her speech?). The hollow look in her eyes is she altered? She walks and there is just the occasional readjustment of her gait. She just sporadically leans a little to one side to place her hand on a rail or wall.
There is a scene where Rachel tries to charm a small girl on the train and her mothers delight at the attention her daughter is receiving turns to concern as she perceives that her childs admirer is not quite right. But it is subtle, as in Has she been drinking? Emily portrays that so well as she does the dawning realization that much of what she has been told she did while in a drunken blur did not actually happen. Kudos to her for a tremendous acting job in a less than tremendous movie.
It is hard for me to separate the empathy I feel for Rachel that is generated by the film compared to what I already knew about her character from reading the novel. Others look at Rachel with pity. In the novel she says to herself Id never realized, not until the last year or two of my life, how shaming it is to be pitied. She is a tortured soul, lead to believe she is worthless and a failure. And Emily Blunt for me brought that all with her. I looked at her and wanted to pray for her that she would leap the hurdle and finish the race.
http://cinemafaith.com/reviews/the-girl-on-the-train/ -
afeshs — 9 years ago(November 04, 2016 09:19 AM)
Emily Blunt steals the show as the titular protagonist whose world has fallen apart after her divorce. She is absolutely convincing as a grief-stricken woman committed to her aimless daily commute. Her sorrow is so bottled up (excuse the pun) deep inside. On the surface, she appears normal. But all it takes is some verbal probing, and all the hurt will gush out like a torrent. The audience can see it in her eyes and face. Its a testament to her acting talent that she has now tackled diverse genre roles romance, action and now drama. The only thing missing on her CV is madcap comedy.
https://letterboxd.com/moviebuff/film/the-girl-on-the-train-20165b4 -
afeshs — 9 years ago(November 07, 2016 08:15 AM)
Despite this let down, Emily Blunts performance is worth noting. Although the script and editing made for the least thrilling film of the year, her performance should be viewed as a diligent attempt to bring the film to life. Watching Blunts performance within Rachels drunken escapades were the only moments which truly captured a sense of what Taylor was attempting to encompass within the entire film. Blunt definitely surpassed expectations, with most of my rating for this film coming from her performance.
https://qmunicatemagazine.com/2016/11/07/film-review-the-girl-on-the-train/ -
afeshs — 9 years ago(November 07, 2016 08:56 AM)
Blunt goes the whole hog with her portrayal of alcoholism, and excels at playing drunk, a state thats notoriously difficult to act. Its a testament to her skill as if one was needed after her exemplary performance in Sicario that she never descends into parody, in spite of the mental and physical extremes shes asked to inhabit.
http://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2043621/film-review-girl-train-emily-blunt-excels-thriller-despite