The Girl on the Train
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  • Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Émilie Dequenne, Michel Blanc
  • Summary: Jeanne lives in a house in the suburbs with her mother Louise. The two women get on well together. Louise earns her living by looking after children. Jeanne is half-heartedly looking for a job. Louise harbors the hope of getting her daughter a job with Samuel Bleistein, a famous lawyer whom she knew in her youth. Jeanne's and Bleistein's worlds are light years apart. However, they'll be set on a collision course because of an incredible lie that Jeanne invents, a lie that grows into the biggest news and political story of the day. (Strand Releasing)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 16 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 21
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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    88
    Presented with an economy and emotional cool that add to, rather than subtract from, its dramatic impact, The Girl on the Train reverberates with a quiet, seductive power.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    80
    Best known for 1994's "The Wild Reeds," Techine has been a director for more than 30 years, and the fluidity of his polished, intelligent, at times enigmatic works make him someone whose films are always worth watching.
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    What the film is really about is social embarrassment, and Bleistein's clear-headed, calm understanding that his old friend has a stupid daughter who has caused fraudulent trouble for a great many people.
  4. Empire
    Reviewed by: David Parkinson
    60
    A smart and incisive look at race, identity and dysfunction in modern French society.

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  1. RichardB.
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    Once again the critics got it wrong. This movie is a cure for insomnia. The story is weak, there's no suspense, the characters are uninteresting. Avoid this turkey.… Expand

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