The girl on the train
Feeling like a Gone Girl-lite effort, girl on the train isnt bad and actually makes the most of the hazy blackout drunk memories of Emily Blunts genuinely pathetic character. Just when you thinkyou have a handle on things it shifts itself and people are revealed to not be who you think they are. It doesn't entirely work and the mid section sags a bit but it picks up for a nasty conclusion. For all its faults I enjoyed it, mainly for Blunt who deserves to walk away from this smelling of roses. I've known one or two drunks in my time and she mostly nails it in a shambling toxic performance that is better than the film its in.
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