“The Girl On The Train” (*1/2 out of four) was a muddled, obtuse adaptation of Paula Hawkins’ smash novel about an alcoholic train commuter (Emily Blunt) who becomes involved in a missing persons investigation after she becomes entangled in a murder involving a couple she knows. Or does she? Or is it real? Or do we care? Film has so many flashbacks and unpleasant recollections that it’s hard to know what’s real and what’s not and subsequently- it’s hard to care about anything. By the “revelation ending”, even the central mystery isn’t all that interesting. Many critics and fans of Hawkins’ novel praised this movie so you may want to judge for yourself. Good performances and moody cinematography by Charlotte Bruus Christensen are film’s few virtues.

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