The Girl on the Train
Overview
The Girl on the Train is a 2016 psychological thriller film directed by Tate Taylor, based on the 2015 novel by Paula Hawkins. The film stars Emily Blunt as Rachel Watson, an alcoholic, divorced woman who commutes by train every day. She becomes obsessed with a couple she sees from the train. She witnesses something shocking, and she becomes involved in a missing person investigation. The film is a tense, twisty, and suspenseful thriller. It was a critical and commercial success, earning over $173 million on a $45 million budget. Emily Blunt gives a powerful, raw performance as a woman who is struggling with addiction and memory loss. The film explores themes of memory, perception, and the unreliability of the narrator. The film is a classic "unreliable narrator" thriller, reminiscent of Gone Girl.
