Hello lovelies! Last week I went to the cinema with some friends and watched the new psychological thriller 'The girl on the train'. This is an adaptation from the book written by Paula Hawkins and stars Emily Blunt as the protagonist Rachel Watson.
We will start with the performance of Emily Blunt. She portrays an alcoholic who suffers with memory loss after drinking too heavily. She tries to piece together the night a woman went missing in order to give her life purpose. I really liked Emily in this role. Usually I am not a fan of her acting, for example in 'The Huntsman- Winter's War' I found her portrayal very stiff and restricting, but in this role she seemed to flourish and embrace the character. She is really haunting at times and throughout the movie the audience are unsure as to whether they should be rooting for this character or be against her which I think is a result of Emily's edgy portrayal.
There are many other supporting characters in this movie but I only want to speak about three of them. The first is that of Tom Watson played by Justin Theroux. I loved Justin's portrayal of this character, with all the twists and turns that this movie takes the audience on, this character remains solid throughout the movie. He has a presence within a scene that commands it and makes it his which fits the role perfectly. I thought his chemistry with all three main female characters in the film was electric and he just gelled really well.
The next character I'd like to talk about is Anna Watson portrayed by Rebecca Ferguson. For me I didn't really feel her connecting with the character until the end of the film. Throughout I felt like the character was a little weak and didn't have the passion I was expecting. Towards the end, no spoilers I promise, Rebecca really hit her stride and brought the character to life. I was speaking to my friend Jess about this and she had read the book prior to watching the movie. She agreed with what I thought of the character and added 'in the book she took pleasure in the fact that she had been the 'other woman' when Tom left the main character for her and then when she finds out Tom is then cheating on her and she no longer is the 'other woman' she becomes angry'. This anger isn't felt in the role on the screen and the portrayal comes across as if she's hurt and kind of shy's away from the fact her husband is cheating on her. But by the end I did like this character.
The last character I want to talk about is Megan Hipwell played by Haley Bennett. I really loved this character. She is a complicated and mentally conflicted character and Haley embraces the role perfectly. As little things about her personality and past are revealed the audience are allowed to see the true Megan and our feelings towards the character change. At the start of the film I passed her off as a typical Hollywood sex appeal character but by the end I felt real empathy and sympathy for this character. I absolutely loved this character.
I had two problems with this film. One is based upon if you like to see gore and blood in movies; the film doesn't show extreme violence and so some of the acts that happen in the movie aren't shown explicitly. So if this is what you are after in movies do not see this film as you will be disappointed.
The other problem that I had is that it took a while for the film to get going and have an real action to it. It must've been between half an hour to an hour before I started to enjoy the movie because of the story build up was too long which is at the fault of the director Tate Taylor. This is the only fault I have with this movie.
Overall I would advise you to go and see this film. It's exciting and it keeps you guessing throughout. I'd give this movie a 9/10
LMR
We will start with the performance of Emily Blunt. She portrays an alcoholic who suffers with memory loss after drinking too heavily. She tries to piece together the night a woman went missing in order to give her life purpose. I really liked Emily in this role. Usually I am not a fan of her acting, for example in 'The Huntsman- Winter's War' I found her portrayal very stiff and restricting, but in this role she seemed to flourish and embrace the character. She is really haunting at times and throughout the movie the audience are unsure as to whether they should be rooting for this character or be against her which I think is a result of Emily's edgy portrayal.
There are many other supporting characters in this movie but I only want to speak about three of them. The first is that of Tom Watson played by Justin Theroux. I loved Justin's portrayal of this character, with all the twists and turns that this movie takes the audience on, this character remains solid throughout the movie. He has a presence within a scene that commands it and makes it his which fits the role perfectly. I thought his chemistry with all three main female characters in the film was electric and he just gelled really well.
The next character I'd like to talk about is Anna Watson portrayed by Rebecca Ferguson. For me I didn't really feel her connecting with the character until the end of the film. Throughout I felt like the character was a little weak and didn't have the passion I was expecting. Towards the end, no spoilers I promise, Rebecca really hit her stride and brought the character to life. I was speaking to my friend Jess about this and she had read the book prior to watching the movie. She agreed with what I thought of the character and added 'in the book she took pleasure in the fact that she had been the 'other woman' when Tom left the main character for her and then when she finds out Tom is then cheating on her and she no longer is the 'other woman' she becomes angry'. This anger isn't felt in the role on the screen and the portrayal comes across as if she's hurt and kind of shy's away from the fact her husband is cheating on her. But by the end I did like this character.
The last character I want to talk about is Megan Hipwell played by Haley Bennett. I really loved this character. She is a complicated and mentally conflicted character and Haley embraces the role perfectly. As little things about her personality and past are revealed the audience are allowed to see the true Megan and our feelings towards the character change. At the start of the film I passed her off as a typical Hollywood sex appeal character but by the end I felt real empathy and sympathy for this character. I absolutely loved this character.
I had two problems with this film. One is based upon if you like to see gore and blood in movies; the film doesn't show extreme violence and so some of the acts that happen in the movie aren't shown explicitly. So if this is what you are after in movies do not see this film as you will be disappointed.
The other problem that I had is that it took a while for the film to get going and have an real action to it. It must've been between half an hour to an hour before I started to enjoy the movie because of the story build up was too long which is at the fault of the director Tate Taylor. This is the only fault I have with this movie.
Overall I would advise you to go and see this film. It's exciting and it keeps you guessing throughout. I'd give this movie a 9/10
LMR
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