She says that she takes the train to New York City every day. Universal retained Disney's original release date. Scott attacks Megan after she reveals she was having an affair. As Megan and Anna are folding a top sheet together, Megan says she the gallery called her back and she's going to leave the nanny job after that day. Rachel goes to the police station to report Scott's attack and is interrupted by Officer Riley who is dismissive of Rachel. We see her on various trips watching a blonde woman in her home with her husband.
She leaves to confront Megan, but hours later she wakes up in her bed, covered in blood. Why do you think the filmmakers decided to make those changes? Rachel goes back to the tunnel and, in a flashback, remembers that she caught Tom meeting Megan that day, and that Tom attacked her, injuring her. From the train, Rachel spots Megan kissing a stranger and becomes infuriated at her. Rachel contacts Scott, pretending to be a friend, to tell him about the affair. During her marriage, Rachel became depressed about her infertility and developed a drinking problem that has resulted in continual blackouts and destructive behavior. The film follows an divorcée named Rachel who becomes involved in a.
Interested in knowing what the movie's about? She says she is a new person now and thinks people can see that in her, as a man in a suit makes judgmental eye contact from a nearby seat. Please Note: We have not viewed this movie. Drinking is constant but not glamorized: Rachel is often shown sloppily, belligerently drunk and horribly hung over. And audiences need more than just the expected twist in the end if you want to leave them puzzling over a movie after the credits roll. She listens to an outgoing message and learns it is Megan's phone. The house she lived in with her husband, who still lives there, with his new wife and child. This might explain the unintended audience laughs at inopportune moments.
However, Rachel has problems, alcoholism being the most obvious and destructive. She says she wants to keep the baby and when he is adamant it will ruin his family life, she gets irate and threatens to reveal their affair. The film was part of DreamWorks' distribution deal with , which began in 2009. He says he can ask the same thing. Its revealed she' s talking to a therapist, Dr. But Megan stops him, telling him she took him there to tell him that she's pregnant with his child. Their babysitter is Megan Hipwell that lives with her husband Scott in the same neighborhood in the suburb.
She asks if he remembers anything about the night of Megan's murder. As she attempts to not focus on her pain, she starts watching a couple who live a few houses down -- Megan and Scott Hipwell. However Rachel does not recall what she did that night. The next morning, Rachel wakes up at Cathy's, blacked out and covered in blood and bruises. Just then, Tom appears behind her and she tosses the phone over the fence. But the film lacks heft.
He asks why she's up and she says she heard a noise and he tells her she should have woken him up if she heard a noise. Tom knocks Rachel unconscious and in another flashback, it's revealed that Tom beat Megan to death when she told him she was pregnant with his child and refused to get an abortion. Soon she learns that Megan is missing and Detective Riley that is in charge of the investigation visits Rachel to interrogate her since the neighbors had seen an alcoholic woman wandering in the area. He tells her he will help her get an abortion. Rachel tells us that she herself was previously married and lived three doors down before her husband left her for another woman. Tom is now bleeding to death. The studio had eyed for another of the three lead roles.
Cathy chastises her for spending her alimony on train tickets to nowhere. Rachel becomes invested in the case and trying to find out what happened to Megan, where she is, and what exactly she herself was up to that same night Megan went missing. Then, another night, also drunk, she takes a golf club and smashes a mirror in front of him. The nanny comes in, who is revealed to be Megan. She says they have the perfect marriage and she says that's the marriage she could have had. The next day, she tries to sign into Tom's computer using various passwords first Anna, then Evie, then she tries Rachel.
She talks about how she likes to touch herself and demonstrates but he chastises her for not really truly doing it. Megan suggests she gets a job again and that a lot of mothers work. All the hang-ups Anna thought were coming from Rachel were actually Megan calling from an unlisted number. In October, joined the film to play Dr. Then he asks Rachel why she has an appointment reminder card for Dr. Anna admits to finding Megan's phone in his bag.
On the train, Rachel sees Tom's former boss's wife Martha and apologizes for her behavior, but Martha says she did nothing wrong; it turns out Tom had actually been fired for having sex with coworkers. Rachel goes to an Alcohol Anonymous meeting and admits it's day one of sobriety. Rachel tells us she likes to imagine about the lives of all the people she passes. Page last updated July 17, 2017. Rachel tells the authorities what she thinks she saw after learning that Megan is now missing and feared dead. Rachel explains she went to visit once, drunk; the door was open and she went inside and saw the baby crying while Anna slept.
She creates a wonderful dream life for them in her head, about how they are a perfect happy family. She tells him that she saw Megan outside with another man and they were kissing. Released October 7th, 2016, 'The Girl on the Train' stars , , , The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 52 min, and received a score of 48 out of 100 on Metacritic, which compiled reviews from 49 top critics. Blunt's performance received praise and gained a at the in Los Angeles, as well as a nomination for the at the. Rachel rushes to his house as he is released from jail.