Film Review – The Girl on the Train

This year’s applicant to be the Fall Thriller of the Year is “The Girl on the Train,” an adaptation of author Paula Hawkins’s best-seller, which enjoyed a run as the It Book of 2015. The story presents the usual sex and violence, requiring an inventive helmer able to pay specific attention to escalation, generating a charged viewing experience with a thick atmosphere of disease and paranoia. The producers hand the effort over to Tate Taylor, last seen on screens with “Get on Up,” but most famous for his work on “The Help.” He’s not the first director that comes to mind when considering talents suited to launch the semi-exploitational event to come, and Taylor showcases his indifference to chills throughout “The Girl on the Train,” which fumbles most of its cheap thrills and devious motivations. Tate keeps the movie small and uneventful, trying perhaps too hard to make Hawkins’s broad work fit the needs of a feature. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com