The Girl on the Train

"What you see can hurt you."

2016 1h 52m EN

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6.4

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44%

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6.5

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★6.4TMDB · 6,191🥫44%Rotten Tomatoes●48Metacritic★6.5IMDB · 213,944

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Synopsis

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Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

“What you see can hurt you.”

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Cast

Emily Blunt
Rachel Watson
Rebecca Ferguson
Anna Watson
Haley Bennett
Megan Hipwell
Luke Evans
Scott Hipwell
Justin Theroux
Tom Watson
Allison Janney
Detective Sgt. Riley
Lisa Kudrow
Martha
Laura Prepon
Cathy

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tate Taylor
Writers: Erin Cressida Wilson
Languages: Spanish, English
Countries: India, United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.8× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: India, United States of America.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tate Taylor, shot by Charlotte Bruus Christensen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Danny Elfman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Michael McCusker shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Emily Blunt and Rebecca Ferguson and Haley Bennett carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tate Taylor directs. Charlotte Bruus Christensen behind the camera. Danny Elfman scores. Michael McCusker cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in India, United States of America. Dialogue in Spanish, English.

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1Made its money back 3.8× over at the box office.
2Released 10 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, English.
4International production across 2 countries: India, United States of America.
5Directed by Tate Taylor, shot by Charlotte Bruus Christensen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Danny Elfman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Michael McCusker shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Emily Blunt and Rebecca Ferguson and Haley Bennett carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "What you see can hurt you.".
10IMDB entry: tt3631112 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 24 themes, including "infidelity", "new york city", "amnesia", "based on novel or book".

The technical file

Cinematography: Charlotte Bruus Christensen
Original score: Danny Elfman
Editing: Michael McCusker
Production design: Kevin Thompson
Costume design: Michelle Matland
Makeup / hair: Bernadette Mazur
VFX supervisor: Brendan Taylor
Sound: Skip Lievsay
Stunt coordinator: Victor Paguia
Runtime: 112 min · 1h 52m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $45,000,000
Box office: $173,200,000
Return: 385% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Girl on the Train (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes: 44% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 48/100
IMDB rating: 6.5/10 · 213,944 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award. 4 wins & 14 nominations total

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ColinJ2017-02-16
★ 5/10
Relentlessly grim yet unengaging, despite a committed performance from Emily Blunt at the centre of it. Fractured narrative can work brilliantly when a master like Christopher Nolan is in charge. This just felt like a boilerplate chick-lit murder mystery thrown into a blender to hide the thinness of its story.
kastigar2017-04-19
ColinJ was right, there's nothing I would add.
Reno2017-07-30
★ 7/10
The mystery man and the gone girl! It is one of those films that I thought I saw everything from its trailer. Not just me, many others said the same. Those we were never read the original source. Yes, it was based on the book of the same name. I really liked it. Unpredictable, but once it reveals its secret, it feels so simple that we'd missed. Straightforward storytelling. No flashbacks. Great characters, but that's where the story had a strong grip. Especially when the suspense unveiled, you might say all the earlier events were in the wrong direction, which were intentionally done to divert viewer's envision. An alcoholic woman who daily takes the train to work, witnesses out of the window a woman happily married and living the life of her dream. When one day she sees a mysterious man with her, the tale takes a twist. Following the suspense, what she finds and how the film ends are the remaining part. Emily Blunt was very good. There are other characters, but it was Emily's story, told from her perspective. Recognisable role with an award, but the film's theme was an adult. Not like sexual exploration, but the basic outline was drawn out of such concept. One of the finest crime-mystery in the recent time, so surely worth a watch. 7/10