'Verity' Review: Undercooked Erotic Drama Wastes Hathaway, Johnson

Reel Thoughts: ‘Verity’ neglects its supposed genre, star power

Content warning: This review contains mentions of death.  This review contains spoilers.  BookTok author Colleen Hoover is back with another movie adaptation, and it may be her best work yet. Unfortunately for audiences, that’s not saying much. Based on Hoover’s 2018 romantic thriller novel of the same name, “Verity” stars Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson....

'Verity' review: Undercooked erotic drama wastes Hathaway, Johnson

The Colleen Hoover adaptation “Verity” promises a trashy good time, but only delivers on half that proposition. And not the good half.

Verity Review: Anne Hathaway & Dakota Johnson’s Thriller Takes (Too) Many Turns

Verity Review Although some may think that Verity is like other Colleen Hoover adaptations, like Regretting You or It Ends With Us, that’s not the case. Unlike previous stories, Hoover offers to explore the tragedy of truth, marriage and obsession through an interesting case. A ghost writer being hired by an acclaimed author’s husband to […]

‘Verity’ movie review: Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson get lost in ludicrous literary thriller

Michael Showalter's adaptation of Colleen Hoover's bestseller promises a throwback to the glossy erotic thrillers of the 1990s, but spends most of its nearly two-hour runtime as a dull Rebecca retread.