Good story, Not enough for a whole film

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

A British television movie, splits into two parts of each 60 minutes long. From the writer of 'One Day' who once again wrote a beautiful screenplay. Portrayal of the romantic drama from the perspective of the middle-aged people. Indeed, specially made movie for them, it explores the midlife crises in the marriage and spiritless mechanical life that follows the day after the day. Now, you guys have to switch your mind to google map mode: The story told between the two points of life's map, one is where the home and the family is, dot, and the other one is an office and the job, dot. To describe it mathematically, between these points there comes a line which is practically a boring journey.The majority won't enjoy leaving home for the work, especially on the Monday morning. The bad day begins with shouting for someone who come across your car front, or fight for a seat in the train and bus. The same way this story appear to have a life where two odd people meet. Carl married with two children and Sally engaged to marry soon. So the days follow everything changes and the journey turns more cheerful than ever. Their little friendship ends in flirtation, but well realising they won't accept the truth. Can they remain good friends, or ready to face the consequences and how their families affect by this is the rest of the riddle.It just seems... Futile. After seeing the first quarter of the movie, it reminded me James Siegel's 'Derailed'. I thought I was an inch closer to predict the second part, but the story was smartly moved to the other way. An interesting story development followed further going towards the end of the first half. In the second part, everything slowdowns, but still gripping because it was a crucial stage in the storytelling to solve the puzzle that created in the earlier. Not an over melodramatic or the sexual exploration, but the point is very clear to give us a fair bit amount of everything with the realistic outlook as much possible.With the sense of awareness of our responsibility in life we know that cheating in a marriage is morally wrong, but it depends what type of life we're leading. There's nothing specialty in this film compared to other movies of the same theme, but the portrayal makes the poetic rendering. Maybe the actors were too good with the excellent chemistry. Yep, you can't just keep silent, these guys filled the souls to their characters, certainly appreciation follows after a watch. While a watch, all my thinking was on the end part, how it's going to happen. A simple and usual, but definitely a very good solution, highly satisfying, makes the overall movie is the best piece of carving. Simply wondered how this movie can't fit to be a silver- screen product.8/10

I approached this movie thinking it can't be much --- and I'm glad to state I was wrong.The story is easy to understand --- life can become a rut and then you find yourself stuck in a daily routine. The rewards become transparent and frustration can set in quickly.Here we have two people, Carl & Sally, who come to cross purposes on a commuter train one morning. With an apology later from Carl the ice is broken between our two characters. They both find out through just daily talking that there is a common thread between them. A friendship develops and then more comes into their lives.What's so marvelous about 'The 7:39' is how the relationship progresses and the brilliant ability of the writer and director to keep this old and over told story consistently fresh and lively, start to finish.It's 2 hours long but it's worth the watching !!!

Just how far have we come in the 60 - odd years since dear Trevor and Celia wanted to do it but didn't?There's certainly very little holding back Miss S.Smith and Mr D.Morrisey from tumbling into bed together in comparatively short order.He is married,she "in a relationship" as the appalling modern term has it,but neither is prepared to step back from the brink although they cannot truly imagine that their escalating affair will go undetected. It truly is a case of "All for love - or The World well lost"for them at least until they take a reality check in a remote seaside cottage and then decide their affair is too hot not to cool down - as Mr Cole Porter had it. "The 7.39" marks the progress from dislike to mild flirtation to full - on intoxication courtesy of Network Rail and at first it seems like it is all good amusing banter,then shared coffee,then,well,you can fill in the rest. Ms Smith's LIL is a possessive gym - bunny with all his brains in his trousers while Mr Morrisey is married to the sublime Miss O.Coleman and has two smart and well -adjusted teenage children(how rare for a TV family). One might think that of the two he had the most to lose,but it is he who does most of the pushing. When their secret comes out Miss Coleman gives him a searing flea in his ear and sends him on his way. All this is complicated by the fact that Miss Smith finds she is pregnant,she assures Mr Morrisey by her LIL. Miss Coleman forgives her erring husband and he is back in the bosom of his family,presumably sadder but wiser. In the last scene we see that Ms Smith,too,has moved on. Absolutely nothing new,nothing edgy,gritty or urban occurs during "The 7.39"but it is well - made,superbly acted and a slice of early 21st century social comment as much as its predecessor was of the early post - war years.

This is a drama about two people who have a chance meeting on a train. Both are with other people and seemingly happy but the attraction between them is too strong to resist. It follows their relationship from the platonic to the inevitable fallout from the decisions they take. In other hands this could have been a corny and cheesy mess however a brilliant cast and good direction means this is nothing but a success. It moves along at a good pace and never gets boring. I also liked the fact that it didn't paint the adulterers as awful people just normal people in a difficult situation.The main cast are all top rate actors and they don't disappoint. David Morrissey is great as the guilty husband, the fantastic Sheridan Smith is beguiling as the younger woman and Olivia Colman superb as the spurned wife. The 7.39 is a very good drama and well worth watching.