Tate Taylor fell off the tracks
For three months, journalist Paula Hawkins' novel "The Girl on the Train" confidently held on with both hands to the championship in The New York Times rating. Readers actively bought up the book, constantly comparing it with the "Lost" Gillian Flynn.
The detective story, which is being conducted on behalf of three unhappy women, where there is a place for domestic violence, alcoholism and the disappearance of a person, had every chance of a successful film adaptation. David Fincher couldn't resist doing it with the aforementioned novel two years ago. However, Tate Taylor, who has a " Servant" on his account, is far from a Fincher, and he could not repeat the success of his colleague.
Abandoned alcoholic Rachel, who is the girl from the name, rides aimlessly on the train every day, drinking a drink quietly while staring out the window. Like Hitchcock's Elbe Jeffries, only instead of a broken leg with heavy alcohol, she watches the couple's life from a house opposite the railroad tracks. Her ex-husband lives nearby with his new wife and their baby, but Rachel tries to divert her attention to Megan and her happy relationship.
They were like that until a completely intoxicated woman sees a girl in the arms of another and decides to get off the train and say everything she thinks about it. The next day, Megan disappears and Rachel is afraid that she has something to do with it, because she is unable to remember the events of the previous evening on her own.
In the novel, Hawkins weaves the lives of three women not only from the direct relationship of one to the other. The author used flashbacks and a story from three heroines at once. Taylor decided to do the same in the film, but instead of actively jumping from story to story, he got a flabby tumbleweed. Rachel falls out of society, constantly drinking from a bottle because of the lost family idyll, Anna is stitched up with a child and worries about regular calls from her husband's ex-wife, and the mysterious Megan, who works as Anna's nanny, is unhappy with her life and the control of her lover, which she passionately (emphasis this word) tells the therapist. Her disappearance immediately excites everyone involved, including Rachel, who suspects herself of something bad, if only she could remember what. The circle of suspects is extremely small.
The literary phenomenon, as the "Girl on the Train" was called, really had every chance of becoming a good thriller if Tate Taylor hadn't so openly flushed them down the drain by forcefully pressing the flush button. Having thrown out a good portion of melodramatism from the original source, he also lost the dynamism that was inherent in the story of Paulie Hawkins. Instead, he abandoned the women's suffering that men bring to them. Moreover, everyone voluntarily associated themselves with them and is not going to change anything.
The only good thing that the tape has is the wonderful performance of Emily Blunt, which once again proves that there has not yet been an impossible role for her. If she had also been accompanied by Robbie, who claimed the role of Megan instead of Hayley Bennett and Jared Leto in place of Luke Evans, then one could close one's eyes to some errors. However, instead of them, I had to settle for the stars of another echelon, where Justin Theroux, Alison Janney and Lee Zadrow took their place.
The three heroines of the detective film represented a clear confirmation that there are people in the world who enjoy the surrounding negativity, dressing up as a victim, as if it were Halloween. Moreover, Taylor shows their torments as closely as possible in cold bluish-gray tones, so that Emily Blunt's puffy face, dirty skin and bruises under her eyes evoke unconditional love. Surprisingly, this is the only feeling that the whole tape evokes.
The ending, which in the novel was perceived as somewhat blurred in general, but with clear specifics in the climax, loudly appealed to Taylor to replace him. But by leaving the original scene, which was supposed to be shocking, the author was able to cause only loud laughter in the audience. Finding a betting platform that matches your preferences often involves looking beyond the odds and checking what benefits are offered to first-time customers. As part of the sign-up process, the 1xbet promo code enables eligible members to receive a 100% welcome bonus of up to €130, helping them begin their betting journey with extra funds available for qualifying sports wagers.