San Francisco Chronicle commented that "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, a mother and daughter, whose lives are observed with economy and precision, and with an eye for the telling detail and the tense, revealing moment." In Variety Ronnie Scheib said that in The Girl on the Train Téchiné fashions a brilliantly complex, intimate multi-strander, held together but somewhat skewed by the central performance of Emilie Dequenne." Steven Rea from the Philadelphia Inquirer commented that "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." Rene Rodriguez in his review for The Miami Herald concluded: "Like Techine's best films, the movie appears to be a story about nothing - until it suddenly becomes a meditation on the vagaries of the human heart." In the New York Times Manohla Dargis called the film "A seductive drama." References External links The Girl on the Train at Rotten Tomatoes 2009 drama films 2009 films French films based on plays Films directed by André Téchiné Films scored by Philippe Sarde French drama films 2000s French-language films Rail transport films 2000s French films