This week, we’re heading into a very expensive, very dysfunctional Vermont mansion for Verity, the new psychological thriller based on Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel. Directed by Michael Showalter and starring Dakota Johnson, Anne Hathaway, and Josh Hartnett, the movie follows struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh, who is hired to finish the book series of bestselling author Verity Crawford after a mysterious accident leaves Verity unable to speak or move.
But while digging through Verity’s files for inspiration, Lowen discovers a disturbing manuscript that appears to reveal some horrifying secrets about the Crawford family. Suddenly, the line between fiction and reality starts to disappear—and so does Lowen’s ability to figure out exactly who she can trust.
We’re talking about Verity’s deliciously trashy twists, gothic atmosphere, psychosexual drama, and performances from Hathaway, Johnson, and Hartnett that seem to understand exactly what kind of movie this is. But does all that pulpy fun actually come together, or does the movie get so wrapped up in its twists that the suspense starts to fall apart? Critics have been divided, particularly over the film’s ending and its deliberately ambiguous final revelations.
Is Verity genuinely disturbing, gloriously ridiculous, or somehow both? Grab your favorite thriller novel, lock the mansion doors, and join us as we try to figure out who’s telling the truth.
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