{"id":850,"date":"2017-05-06T07:27:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T07:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/2017\/05\/06\/httptheblurb-com-aureviewsthe-girl-on-the-train-movie-review\/"},"modified":"2017-05-06T07:27:46","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T07:27:46","slug":"httptheblurb-com-aureviewsthe-girl-on-the-train-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/httptheblurb-com-aureviewsthe-girl-on-the-train-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Girl on the Train – movie review"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mighty confusing psychological thriller, The Girl on the Train<\/em> partly suffers by overdoing the signaling of time frames on the screen. It takes ages to figure out just what is going on and by then you can\u2019t help thinking it is all too hard.<\/p>\n

\"girl-on-the-train-01\"Devastated by her recent divorce, Rachel (Emily Blunt) spends her daily rail commute daydreaming about the seemingly perfect couple that live in a house that her train passes every day. That is until one morning she sees something happen there that shocks her and she subsequently becomes entangled in a mystery. Rachel used to be married to Tom (Justin Theroux), but try as they did she couldn\u2019t conceive a child. He has since moved on and lives with his new wife, Anna (Rebecca Ferguson), and their baby in the home he and Rachel used to share. Rachel, in turn, has taken to the bottle in a big way and her life has spiraled out of control. She still obsesses over her broken marriage.<\/p>\n

To distract herself from a life that\u2019s grown so aimless, Rachel develops an obsession with the occupants of another house on her train route, a few doors down from where she used to live. There, blissfully unaware that a stranger is longingly watching them, Megan (Haley Bennett) and Scott (Luke Evans) go about their business. Rachel catches daily glimpses of the stunning Megan and handsome Scott, only Rachel\u2019s fantasy is hardly the reality. As Rachel\u2019s self destructive ways gather pace, she and the two women and two men\u2019s lives intersect and collide with shocking consequences.<\/p>\n

The Girl on the Train<\/i> is based upon the best selling novel by former journalist Paula Hawkins. After its publication in January 2015, the book became one of the fastest-selling novels in history, with more than 15 million copies sold globally. In its first week it landed in the top spot of The New York Times Best Sellers\u2019 List and it remained on the list for more than a year.<\/p>\n

The inspiration was Hawkins\u2019 daily experiences on the commuter rail through London. \u201cThere was one particular route where the train was always breaking down. I would sit and look into these apartment blocks and you could see right into someone\u2019s living room,\u201d she says. \u201cI was always hoping I\u2019d see something interesting, although I never did. But it started my imagination going and that\u2019s where the germ of the story came from.\u201d Her book has been turned into a screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson (Secretary<\/i>).<\/p>\n