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"The Girl On The Train" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 04/22/2017
A young woman struggling with alcohol addiction fixates upon the seemingly idyllic life of her ex-husband's nanny, but when this perfect woman goes missing after a drunken confrontation of which she has no memory, she begins to fear that she may be in some way responsible.
The Girl On The Train is very much a slow burner as for the first half of the film it seems more of a character study of an alcoholic and their feelings of loss and grief than a thriller; in some ways it reminded me of Keane. But when the investigation takes some unexpected turns, the mystery aspect becomes rather intriguing and it morphs into a Hitchcockian psychological mystery that cleverly slots the various pieces of the puzzle into place while constantly keeping you guessing. In retrospect, the identity of the …
