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THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (LA FILLE DU RER)Movie Reviews
French language drama about a young woman who, in response to certain events in her life, lies about having been the victim of an anti-Semitic attack on a train. Cast:Catherine Deneuve, Emilie Dequenne, Nicolas DuvauchelleDirector:Andre TechineRelease Date:January 22, 2010DVD Release:May 18, 2010From:StrandLength:1 hr. 45 min.
MAY 18, 2010
The Girl on the Train (La fille du rer), Good Reviews Key Cities
The Girl on the Train (La fille du rer) played in key cities to good reviews. • Rene Rodriguez wrote in the Miami Herald, "...a captivating, trenchant drama about ordinary people who balance family lives with personal aspirations.... the strands coalesce into an absorbing whole." • And Wesley Morris wrote in the Boston Globe, "...a movie whose blitheness doesn't know when to quit." More Reviews Below...
The Girl on the Train (La fille du rer) Positive Reviews (23 Reviews, reviews below)
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: GOOD(cg) "...a half-captivating, half-baffling tease of a movie in which one woman's destructive whim has the effect of making anti-Semitism look like a myth."(See all of Owen Gleiberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 345 words, 01/22/10
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: VERY GOOD(cg) "Techine is a French master about the same age as Martin Scorsese.... He's worked before with Deneuve, who here strikes a nice balance of sweetness and vagueness."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 715 words, 04/22/10
James Berardinelli, Reel Views: VERY GOOD(cg) "...succeeds in establishing a fascinating dynamic that italicizes how unchecked media hype can explode a careless lie into a major news gaffe..."(See all of James Berardinelli's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 1,024 words, 04/23/10
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (8 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "...seductive... The film can be described as a character study or a fictionalized slice of terribly real life. Mostly, though, it is an inquiry into the mysteries of other people."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 936 words, 01/22/10
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...features two compelling stories... Techine successfully involves us in each plot line, but that just makes it especially frustrating when he leaves us needing more."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 147 words, 01/22/10
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "...one of Techine's most successful films.... the fluidity of his polished, intelligent, at times enigmatic works make him someone whose films are always worth watching."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 591 words, 02/19/10
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...anti-Semitic acts, religious identity, bruised hearts on the rebound... the actors are excellent company all and the film, modest but very full, is one of the year's best."(See all of Michael Phillips's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 496 words, 04/23/10
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "Techine is a French master about the same age as Martin Scorsese.... He's worked before with Deneuve, who here strikes a nice balance of sweetness and vagueness."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 715 words, 04/22/10
Ella Taylor, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD "For better or worse, there isn't a human experience that French director André Téchiné can resist lathering into a tone poem."(See all of Ella Taylor's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 228 words, 01/20/10
KEY CITIES (8 Reviews)
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: WEAK(cg) "...well-acted, but frustratingly inconclusive... offers no real insight into anything, least of all why contemporary society is so ready to believe the worst about itself."(See all of Michael O'Sullivan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 370 words, 03/26/10
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: OUTSTANDING(cg) "Presented with an economy and emotional cool that add to, rather than subtract from, its dramatic impact... reverberates with a quiet, seductive power."(See all of Steven Rea's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 335 words, 04/23/10
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD(cg) "What it's really about - and this sounds so boring, and so nothing, when in fact it's really rather wonderful - is people. Just regular people..."(See all of Mick LaSalle's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 506 words, 03/19/10
Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "...an odd pacing: The film's central event happens perhaps two-thirds of the way through, and its first hour has a breezy, unhurried quality."(See all of Moira Macdonald's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 431 words, 03/05/10
Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...a movie that, like its title character, is meandering, unstructured and only dimly aware of what it's doing."(See all of Shawn Levy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 231 words, 04/30/10
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Although this stylish and ominously paced vehicle starts with a full itinerary, it never makes a vital connection."(See all of Joe Williams's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 344 words, 04/30/10
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: VERY GOOD(cg) "...a captivating, trenchant drama about ordinary people who balance family lives with personal aspirations.... the strands coalesce into an absorbing whole."(See all of Rene Rodriguez's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 386 words, 03/26/10
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (4 Reviews)
Ella Taylor, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD "For better or worse, there isn't a human experience that French director André Téchiné can resist lathering into a tone poem."(See all of Ella Taylor's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 228 words, 01/20/10
Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: VERY GOOD(cg) "Téchiné's layered and oblique melodrama ponders, a little too blithely, the roots and repercussions of falsehood and the elusiveness of identity."(See all of Peter Keough's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 584 words, 04/29/10
Scott Tobias, AV Club: EXCELLENT(cg) "...allows the 'why' of the case to linger tantalizingly unanswered, countering the noise and certainty of public debate with the quiet complexity of human motivation."(See all of Scott Tobias's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 415 words, 01/21/10
HIGHBROW PRESS (3 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "...seductive... The film can be described as a character study or a fictionalized slice of terribly real life. Mostly, though, it is an inquiry into the mysteries of other people."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 936 words, 01/22/10
Anthony Lane, New Yorker: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Téchiné approaches the exploits of his characters with a gusto, and a willingness to be led astray, that borders on the adolescent.... The narrative lacks a magnetic north..."(See all of Anthony Lane's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 378 words, 01/18/10
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "...one of Techine's most successful films.... the fluidity of his polished, intelligent, at times enigmatic works make him someone whose films are always worth watching."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 591 words, 02/19/10
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Ronnie Scheib, Daily Variety: VERY GOOD "...a brilliantly complex, intimate multi-strander, held together but somewhat skewed by the central perf of Emilie Dequenne ('Rosetta')..."(See all of Ronnie Scheib's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 632 words, 03/10/09
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: EXCELLENT "...one of Techine's most successful films.... the fluidity of his polished, intelligent, at times enigmatic works make him someone whose films are always worth watching."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 591 words, 02/19/10
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD "...seductive... The film can be described as a character study or a fictionalized slice of terribly real life. Mostly, though, it is an inquiry into the mysteries of other people."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 936 words, 01/22/10
12.0 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
The Girl on the Train (La fille du rer)'s reviews are separated by an average 12.0 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
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Coverage:The Girl on the Train (La fille du rer)'s reviews cover 29.5% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 10,904 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 474 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
The Girl on the Train (La fille du rer) Coverage, Volume & Length (23 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 19 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
The Girl on the Train (La fille du rer)'s reviews on average broke 19 days after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is The Girl on the Train (La fille du rer)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
The Girl on the Train (La fille du rer) (23 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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