The Girl on the Train: reviews

What the critics say average 5.9 from 8 outlets

• 9.1 Entertainment WeeklyLeah Greenblatt [Taylor] deftly translates the bleak, raw-boned menace and tricky time signatures of Train?s intertwined plotlines, and draws remarkably vivid performances from his cast, particularly his two female leads. Read
• 7.5 Rolling StonePeter Travers That's Emily Blunt, and she is perfection, playing the hell out of this blackout drunk and adding a touch of welcome empathy. Read
• 7.0 VarietyOwen Gleiberman As a big-screen thriller, The Girl on a Train is just so-so, but taken as 112 minutes of upscale psychodramatic confessional bad-behavior porn, it generates a voyeuristic zing that?s sure to carry audiences along. Read
• 6.0 The TelegraphTim Robey It?s as if the book has been given a full-body massage en route to the screen, teasing away some of the spinal kinks that actually made it interesting. Read
• 6.0 Time OutCath Clarke Like a fridge whose door?s been left open overnight, the film doesn?t feel chilly enough. It?s not terrible, but fans of the book may well be disappointed. Read
• 5.0 New York PostKyle Smith Lacking either the narrative shiftiness or the trashy thrills of 'Gone Girl', this one is the kind of flick few will watch twice: It has about as many twists and turns as an L. The third act of a movie shouldn?t make you feel as though the first two acts were a waste of time. Read
• 3.7 The Washington PostAnn Hornaday Even viewers who are mildly diverted by the whodunit angle are unlikely to find themselves emotionally engaged in the outcome. Read
• 3.0 The WrapRobert Abele The overall mood created by the crummy, pinched visuals and logic-strained rhythm is of something scanned and discarded, like a tabloid article or a Lifetime movie. Read