The Girl on the Train has an approval rating of less than 50 % on Rotten Tomatoes , based on less than 270 reviews , and an average rating of more than 5.3/10 .
The website 's critical consensus reads , `` Emily Blunt 's outstanding performance is n't enough to keep The Girl on the Train from sliding sluggishly into exploitative melodrama . ''
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