Verity: Film Gang Review

Oftentimes when movie plots are derived from books some of what made the book so intriguing

gets lost in translation, and that is the case with Verity, the film based on the popular novel by

Colleen Hoover. Directed by Michael Showalter and adapted by Nick Antosca, Verity stars Anne Hathaway as Verity Crawford, a successful mystery novelist whose characters tend to be evil and

unredeemable.

Verity seems to have it all: a successful career, money, a handsome husband, Jeremy, played by

Josh Hartnett, and fraternal twins. But back-to-back tragedies tear her world apart. First, her

daughter drowns in a canoeing accident. Then Verity herself is badly injured in a car accident,

leaving her unable to walk or talk and requiring full-time care at home.

Enter Lowen Ashleigh, played by Dakota Johnson. She is also a mystery novelist, but far less

successful. Struggling financially and grieving the recent death of her mother, Lowen is

approached by Jeremy to ghostwrite three novels based on Verity’s unpublished notes and ideas.

Lowen initially hesitates, but the money is too tempting to pass up. She agrees to move into the