The Girl on the Train (2016) / Z-View
The Girl on the Train (2016)
Director: Tate Taylor
Screenplay: Erin Cressida Wilson based on the novel by Paula Hawkins
Stars: Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Allison Janney and Lisa Kudrowan.
The Pitch: “Let’s make a movie based on The Girl on the Train!”
Tagline: What you can see can hurt you.
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
It’s rare for a movie to have as many unlikable characters as The Girl on the Train. Get this, we have…
- An alcoholic, out of work, ex-wife who rides a train daydreaming when she’s not showing up at her ex-husband’s house and scaring his wife.
- An ex-husband who is cheating with every woman he can get his, uh, hands on.
- A wife who gained her husband by cheating with him while he was still married.
- A woman who is living with a man but is cheating on him with a married man.
- An abusive man with a hair-trigger temper who is living with a woman.
- A psychologist who is crossing the line with the sexual behavior of one of his clients.
- Two detectives investigating a murder who seem to have no interest in solving it.
There’s a murder. Some red herrings are given. What you see is not what you think you’re seeing. The murder is solved. One of those unlikable characters did it and gets his/her just reward. The end.
Based on the best-selling book.
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