The Girl on the Train [Blu-ray]

Great movie!!

Love this dark suspenseful drama.

The atmosphere is not the only thing this film has going for it. Mood is one thing but the story itself along with the characters are also great. The protagonist is flawed and I like that. It gives her a chance to grow. And the ending is one I bet you won't see coming.

I read the book and then had to see if the movie followed along. It did, great movie and great book

I love a good thriller! This movie exceeded my expectations! I highly recommend if you haven’t seen it.

If you like a good murder mystery to keep you on the edge of your seat then this is for you. It’s a beautifully written book with twists and turns

Possible spoilers... Let me start by saying that I would actually give this movie 3.5 stars but that's not an option. The acting is spot on (Emily Blunt as the alcoholic, jilted Rachel Watson was a superb choice), the direction is great, the story is interesting. So why didn't I give it four or five stars?I hate to be a book snob, but I read the it prior to seeing the movie. The book had subtle nuances that the movie just doesn't have. The book made you feel as though any of the characters could have actually been the perpetrator. The book made you feel for these terribly flawed individuals. They all had likable qualities and frustrating qualities; they all had reasons to root for them and to doubt their motives. And by the time the murderer is revealed, it's so difficult to believe because each of the narrators are terribly unreliable.But this is the movie, not the book. And I understand that you can't fit everything from a 300+ page book into a 90+ minute movie. My lack of a four or five star rating is because the movie felt so rushed. The screenwriter took the most important aspects, scenes, and character traits of the book and put them into the movie. It was a very close adaption, and the subtle changes that were made were mostly understandable (New York, not London; Friday night, not Saturday night).However, I would've liked to have seen more buildup for each of the characters. We see Anna's frustration, but we don't see the slow demise of her trust, we never learn the full truth about her thoughts on Rachel, because Anna didn't just fear Rachel, Anna hated Rachel. We see glimpses of Rachel's former relationship and the pain its ending has caused her but we don't know the full extent of Rachel's agony, her loathing of Anna or the love she still feels for her ex-husband. We see a relationship between Scott and Rachel, but its abruptness throws off the timing (how do they go from strangers to close confidants so quickly?) and Scott's dual personality, which we see from two differing, unreliable points of view in the book, only seems to be one-sided here, making his actions in the last scene he shares with Rachel (which I admittedly prefer in the movie because it felt more realistic) less surprising. And we don't see the shift in Rachel, her desire to "help", (which is in air quotes because it's less of a desire to help and more wanting to be involved in something that really shouldn't have concerned her in the first place), or the fact that she gets bits and pieces from THE NIGHT throughout the story (her actions on the night of Megan's disappearance felt relatively forgotten for some of the middle of the movie). We never see the full extent of just how personally she took Megan's actions (that public bathroom incident only scratched the surface). We never learn how the media flips the perception of Megan, from a carefree and warm young woman to a cold and untrustworthy monster. All these key missing small things makes the ending less impactful and less jarring than the book.It's a good movie and, for the most part, a wonderful adaptation but it had the potential to really throw the audience for a loop and I feel like it just missed the mark. The time jumps were handled well enough, it's never easy to skip around like that, but for this story, it was definitely necessary. I recommend it, but if you want to feel the full extent of this psychological thriller's impact, I recommend the book more.

Rachel (Emily Blunt) is a young divorcee with a drinking problem. She loves to travel by train, traipsing through her former home, where her ex-husband Tom (Justin Theroux) lives with his new wife Anna (Rebecca Ferguson) and their infant daughter. This is a sore spot for Rachel. She'd wanted a child with Tom, and now she rides on the train, passing through the life that should have been hers. No wonder she drinks all day! But something brings her comfort: a young couple who lives in the same neighborhood. Megan (Haley Bennett) and Scott (Luke Evans) are the perfect couple. At least THEY get to be happy. But then Rachel sees something from the train, and one thing leads to another, and Megan goes missing. Rachel has no memory of the events that took place during a drinking binge that occurred right around the time Megan went missing. Could she be the one responsible for Megan's disappearance?This is based on the novel by Paula Hawkins. I read the book two years ago, and I loved how compelling the story and characters were. The characters, while unlikable, were well developed, which is hard to do when you use multiple narratives. The movie stays faithful to the book, but they made some changes. The book is set outside of London, and the movie is set in New York's Westchester County. Rachel is an artist in the movie, and I don't remember her doing this in the book. (She used to work for a PR firm in both versions.) Other than a few minor changes, it all stays the same. Rachel is more likable in the film. She's more sympathetic, less messy too, but Blunt's delivery is on the money. I won't give the story away to those who haven't seen the film or read the book, but this story has an unreliable narrator, and it tackles difficult subjects like gaslighting, triangulation, social media stalking, real-life stalking, among other things. It's a good thriller. It's more character-driven than plot-driven, which is why the mystery takes a backseat at times. I recommend it to those who love dark suspense films. I give this four out of five Shortbread Lattes.

Ich kenne dieses Buch nicht. Habe mir den Film bestellt, da mir die Story interessant erschien. Was ich mir damit angetan habe, merkte ich während ich mir diesen tristen, farblosen und theatralisch "künstlich dramatischen" Ramsch ansah...Story? Frau, Kindesverlust, Kindeswunsch, verständnis- und herzloser Mann, Psychologe, der helfen soll, Verhältnis mit einem anderen Mann, frustrierte Frau und eine heruntergekommene Alkoholikerin, die das alles während einer Zugfahrt jeden Tag beobachtet. Das ist eine grobe und ungenaue Zusammenfassung. Ich will nicht spoilern. Die Geschichte "entpuppt sich" dann im Laufe der Handlung.Kurzum: die einzigen, die NORMAL ticken sind die Männer (ja, auch der - ach so böser! - Mörder) Sie verhalten sich pragmatisch. Diese ganze Weibersippe hat doch nicht alle Steine auf der Schleuder!Dieser Film (wahrscheinlich auch das Buch) ist gut für "Muttis" (aber Vorsicht! Wohl eher zu drastisch...) oder für Feministinnen.Ich bin keine.Ich bestelle grundsätzlich keine Filme, wo eine Frau die Regie führt und die Story schreibt, genauso wie ich mir niemals ein, von einer Frau geschriebenes Buch kaufen würde. Sentimentaler Mist. Und der Mann ist selbstverständlich immer das Ekel. Oder ein Pantoffelheld und Frauenversteher.Tja, Schuld eigene... zu spät bemerkt.

Ein packender Psycho-Thriller aus dem Jahr 2016 unter der Regie von Tate Taylor.Man muss die kleinen grauen Gehirnzellen schon etwas anstrengen...aber es lohnt sich.Diese undurchsichtig-prickelnde Geschichte um unerwiderte Liebe und unterdrückte Gefühle entstand frei nach dem gleichnamigen Buch von Paula Hawkins.Die alkoholkranke Rachel (Emily Blunt) hat die Scheidung von ihrem Mann Tom (Justin Theroux) nie wirklich überwunden. Tagein, tagaus fährt sie mit dem Zug an jenem New Yorker Vorort vorbei, in dem sie damals noch zusammen gewohnt hatten, als glückliches Paar. Ein solches beobachtet sie nun regelmäßig vom Zug aus: Scott (Luke Evans) und Megan (Haley Bennett) sind für Rachel zwar zwei Unbekannte, die jedoch in ihren Augen die perfekte Beziehung führen. Doch dass der Schein trügen kann, erfährt Rachel schon bald, als sich die Nachricht verbreitet, dass Megan spurlos verschwunden ist – genau an dem Tag, an dem Rachel sie aus dem Zug heraus auf ihrem Balkon mit einem fremden Mann gesehen zu haben glaubt.....Ist es nur Zufall, dass dieses Haus nur einen Steinwurf entfernt von ihrem Ex-Mann und seiner neuen Frau Anna (Rebecca Ferguson) liegt ? Sind es die Wahnvorstellungen einer alkoholkranken Frau, die hier plötzlich in der Realität Fuß fassen? Oder ist wirklich etwas Schlimmes passiert?Eine geschickt konstruierte doppelbödige Geschichte, die aus mehreren Sichtweisen erzählt wird. Der Zuschauer weiß immer nur soviel wie der erzählende Part.Leider wirkt der Film, der immer wieder unvermittelt in der Handlung zurückspringt, in den ersten Minuten dadurch etwas gehetzt und konfuser als nötig. Denn wirklich kompliziert ist die erzählte Geschichte um Lügen und Verrat nicht. Es sind vielmehr die sie bevölkernden Figuren, die diesem Thriller, in dem das Böse quasi direkt am Gartenzaun wartet, die richtige Würze geben.Emily Blunt gibt als alkoholabhängige Rachel eine beeindruckende One-Woman-Show mit Mut zur Hässlichkeit ab, wenn sie mit fahlem Teint und blutunterlaufenen Augen einem vermeintlichen Hirngespinst hinterhertorkelt. Ihre Rachel ist dabei genauso wenig Sympathieträger wie die von Haley Bennett verkörperte Megan oder Rebecca Fergusons Anna. Sie alle sind von ihren jeweiligen Leben gezeichnet... verzweifelt, durchtrieben und unnahbar-kühl.Bei dieser illustren Ansammlung von starken Frauencharakteren, spielen die männlichen Parts fast nur noch Nebenrollen. „Girl on the Train“ könnte man eigentlich fast schon als einen Frauenfilm bezeichnen ...und doch ist es kein Film, der vornehmlich von Frauen handelt. Vielmehr beackert er das Feld des Beziehungsdramas, das sich über fein eingestreute psychologische Finten hinweg zu einem Thriller entwickelt und dessen fiese Doppelbödigkeit sich letztlich in seinem unerwarteten Finale entlädt.Ein Film, in dem nichts so ist, wie es vielleicht zunächst scheint. Das gilt sowohl im Guten wie auch im Schlechten.Sehr spannend und sehr sehenswert.

Excellent film, very gripping!! But can't get 4k version to work in my DVD player, maybe because it's American??A number of other4k dvds work fantastically on the player, there the picture and sound are fantastic!!

A superb thriller that keeps you involved and engaged until the final reveal at the end.

The dvd itself was fine, but did not receive the dvd I bought . I have to say music magpie Is'nt the same as before it changed names, 😞😞😞😞😞😞😞