One might think that a sense of claustrophobia might actually work to
the advantage of a murder mystery, but by making his movie beautiful, Branagh serves another purpose.
It certainly won't work to The Girl on the Train's
advantage to be compared to David Fincher's Gone Girl but the proximity
of the two properties — both feature strong female leads, are based on best selling novels and center on soapy surburian
murder mysteries — make such comparisons as unavoidable as they may be unfavorable for director Tate Taylor.