The Girl on the Train - Movie Review

When you start watching The Girl on the Train, you’ll probably feel the same as you did if you read the book: a bit confused. The first scenes can be difficult to follow, but it all gets better as the story develops.

I thought that not being perfect, captured the right feeling for this story.

A good actress can save a mediocre movie

Emily Blunt is Rachel, the main character, and I must say: she is great. The main trace of this character is the almost permanent confusion, mentally speaking. Emily was able to portray it perfectly.

In fact, if it weren’t for her performance, the film wouldn’t be very interesting. It has a pace that is too slow, and we have the perspective of a person who is confused and almost permanently drunk. It would be boring. So congratulations, she did a great job.

You can’t ignore the differences

It is an almost universal truth that movies are never as good as books. They always miss something, and The Girl on the Train wasn’t different.

The first thing that bothered me was that they changed the location. The original story is set in London, but the film is in New York. Yet, she keeps the British accent. Why? I mean, I don’t care about the accent, but why the change?

Then, there is her personality and the way she acts. As I said before, Emily perfectly represented the mental confusion of an alcoholic. Yet, it seems a different character from the book. She is more clingy in the book, while she seems more secure and proactive even in the movie. Perhaps because a film has a faster pace than a book, it lacks a lot of her suffering and frustration. We're talking about someone who lost what she thought was a perfect life.

Can alcohol really rebuild your memories?

Since I read the book, I have been questioning myself. We all heard stories of people who don’t remember things or remember them slightly different from what happened. But scientifically, how hard can alcohol interfere with your memory? It is something to think about.

Considering the movie itself, you should not raise your expectations about it. The film adaptation is never as good as the book, right?

In the end, I would say I liked it. It is a bit slow and confusing at first, but it gets better.

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