# Colleen Hoover on Anne Hathaway's Verity Movie

> Colleen Hoover says Anne Hathaway's Verity movie gave her food for thought without shifting her view.
- Title: Colleen Hoover on Anne Hathaway's Verity Movie · SlashFilm
- Summary: Colleen Hoover says Anne Hathaway's Verity movie gave her food for thought without shifting her view. Colleen Hoover felt the Verity movie gave her food for…
- Keywords: colleen hoover, anne hathaway, verity, michael showalter, dakota johnson, film adaptation, book to movie, entertainment, culture, Colleen, Hoover, Anne
- Source: SlashFilm — https://slashfilm.com/2282479/verity-author-colleen-hoover-feelings-anne-hathaway-movie
- Author: Rafael Motamayor
- Published: 2026-10-09T17:34:21+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: colleen hoover, anne hathaway, verity, michael showalter, dakota johnson, film adaptation, book to movie, entertainment, culture
## Verity movie adaptation
Verity is the latest film adaptation of Colleen Hoover's novel with Anne Hathaway starring as Verity Crawford.
## Director Michael Showalter
Director Michael Showalter, known for Gone Girl, adapted Verity with Dakota Johnson as Lowen.
## Colleen Hoover's reaction
Colleen Hoover said the movie gave her food for thought but didn't shift her view on the character.

> It did give me food for thought. I thought a certain way for so long after writing the book, that seeing the movie and seeing how Michael dove into every point of view, I started to find myself feeling sorry for the character I thought was more evil in the book.
## Movie's ending ambiguity
The movie keeps the same ending ambiguity as the book about whether Verity attempted to kill her kids.
## Director's approach
Director Michael Showalter wanted to honor each character's perspective without tipping the hat to one side.

> I found myself not taking sides. I found myself wanting to honor each individual of our performers' realities, to honor that in the filmmaking, so that we weren't tipping the hat one way or the other.
## Current theater release
Verity is currently playing in theaters with no major changes to the ending.
## Key takeaway

Colleen Hoover felt the Verity movie gave her food for thought but didn't change her perspective on the character.