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Movie ID: 1214
RT slug: verity
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/verity
Release year: 2026
Runtime: 114 mins
Wide release date: 2026-10-02
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: —
Tomatometer final: —
Audience score final: —
Genres: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Directors: Michael Showalter
Writers: Nick Antosca
Producers: Alex Hedlund, Anne Hathaway, Colleen Hoover, Jordana Mollick, Michael Showalter, Nick Antosca, Stacey Sher
MPAA rating: R
Executive Producers: Dakota Johnson, Kerry Orent, Lauren Levine
Created: 2026-08-23 15:12:35
Updated: 2026-09-18 16:53:46
Adapted from Colleen Hoover's best-selling novel, this seductive, psychological thriller follows renowned author Verity Crawford (Anne Hathaway) and Lowen Ashleigh (Dakota Johnson), a struggling writer who relocates to the remote Crawford estate to ghostwrite for Verity. After Lowen uncovers what appears to be Verity's chilling autobiographical notes, she wrestles with the disturbing and twisted confessions about Verity's husband Jeremy (Josh Hartnett), and finds it hard to separate fiction from reality, manipulation from attraction, and opportunity from obsession.
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Canonical reviews: 181
Canonical fresh: 56
Canonical rotten: 125
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 181 (56/125), 31% (30.939% raw)
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-10-18 22:12:02
Snapshot Tomatometer: 31%
Snapshot review count: 181
Snapshot fresh count: —
Snapshot rotten count: —
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #4707 (delta_update)
| Company | Role |
|---|---|
| Amazon MGM Studios | distributor |
| Eat the Cat | production |
| Heartbones Entertainment | production |
| Semi-Formal Productions | production |
| Shiny Penny | production |
| Somewhere Pictures | production |
| Billing | Name | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anne Hathaway | Verity Crawford |
| 2 | Dakota Johnson | Lowen Ashleigh |
| 3 | Josh Hartnett | Jeremy Crawford |
| 4 | Ismael Cruz Cordova | Corey |
| 5 | Brady Wagner | Crew Crawford |
| Batch ID | Status | Mode | Created | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1230 | processed | — | 2026-08-23 15:12:35 | Processed successfully into movie_id=1214 using update_mode=merge_non_empty. |
| Batch ID | Local Snapshot | UTC Snapshot | Entered % | Entered Count | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4707 | 2026-10-18 17:12:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-18 22:12:02 | 31% | 181 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 4 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=4, fresh=0, rotten=4, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=4, fresh=0, rotten=4. Current canonical totals=181 reviews, 56 fresh, 125 rotten, tomatometer=31% (30.939%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (181 reviews, 31%). |
| 4471 | 2026-10-11 09:26:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-11 14:26:53 | 32% | 177 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 11 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=11, fresh=1, rotten=10, tomatometer=9%. Net new reviews added=11, fresh=1, rotten=10. Current canonical totals=177 reviews, 56 fresh, 121 rotten, tomatometer=32% (31.638%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (177 reviews, 32%). |
| 4412 | 2026-10-08 10:01:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-08 15:01:30 | 33% | 166 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 7 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=7, fresh=3, rotten=4, tomatometer=43%. Net new reviews added=7, fresh=3, rotten=4. Current canonical totals=166 reviews, 55 fresh, 111 rotten, tomatometer=33% (33.133%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (166 reviews, 33%). |
| 4380 | 2026-10-07 08:57:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-07 13:57:23 | 33% | 159 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 10 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=10, fresh=2, rotten=8, tomatometer=20%. Net new reviews added=10, fresh=2, rotten=8. Current canonical totals=159 reviews, 52 fresh, 107 rotten, tomatometer=33% (32.704%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (159 reviews, 33%). |
| 4369 | 2026-10-06 08:42:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-06 13:42:08 | 34% | 149 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 4 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=4, fresh=2, rotten=2, tomatometer=50%. Net new reviews added=4, fresh=2, rotten=2. Current canonical totals=149 reviews, 50 fresh, 99 rotten, tomatometer=34% (33.557%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (149 reviews, 34%). |
| 4367 | 2026-10-05 17:11:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-05 22:11:06 | 33% | 145 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 5 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=5, fresh=2, rotten=3, tomatometer=40%. Net new reviews added=5, fresh=2, rotten=3. Current canonical totals=145 reviews, 48 fresh, 97 rotten, tomatometer=33% (33.103%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (145 reviews, 33%). |
| 4352 | 2026-10-05 12:52:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-05 17:52:20 | 33% | 140 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 4 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=4, fresh=1, rotten=3, tomatometer=25%. Net new reviews added=4, fresh=1, rotten=3. Current canonical totals=140 reviews, 46 fresh, 94 rotten, tomatometer=33% (32.857%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (140 reviews, 33%). |
| 4347 | 2026-10-05 08:02:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-05 13:02:32 | 33% | 136 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=0, rotten=2, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=0, rotten=2. Current canonical totals=136 reviews, 45 fresh, 91 rotten, tomatometer=33% (33.088%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (136 reviews, 33%). |
| 4341 | 2026-10-04 15:00:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-04 20:00:00 | 34% | 134 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=1, rotten=1, tomatometer=50%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=1, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=134 reviews, 45 fresh, 89 rotten, tomatometer=34% (33.582%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (134 reviews, 34%). |
| 4337 | 2026-10-04 11:20:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-04 16:20:40 | 33% | 132 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=132 reviews, 44 fresh, 88 rotten, tomatometer=33% (33.333%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (132 reviews, 33%). |
| 4331 | 2026-10-04 08:46:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-04 13:46:05 | 34% | 131 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=1, rotten=1, tomatometer=50%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=1, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=131 reviews, 44 fresh, 87 rotten, tomatometer=34% (33.588%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (131 reviews, 34%). |
| 4328 | 2026-10-03 20:20:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-04 01:20:42 | 33% | 129 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=129 reviews, 43 fresh, 86 rotten, tomatometer=33% (33.333%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (129 reviews, 33%). |
| 4324 | 2026-10-03 15:32:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-03 20:32:08 | 34% | 128 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=128 reviews, 43 fresh, 85 rotten, tomatometer=34% (33.594%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (128 reviews, 34%). |
| 4318 | 2026-10-03 10:13:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-03 15:13:50 | 34% | 127 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 12 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=12, fresh=2, rotten=10, tomatometer=17%. Net new reviews added=12, fresh=2, rotten=10. Current canonical totals=127 reviews, 43 fresh, 84 rotten, tomatometer=34% (33.858%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (127 reviews, 34%). |
| 4313 | 2026-10-02 16:09:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-02 21:09:36 | 36% | 115 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=115 reviews, 41 fresh, 74 rotten, tomatometer=36% (35.652%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (115 reviews, 36%). |
| 4310 | 2026-10-02 15:39:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-02 20:39:02 | 36% | 115 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=114 reviews, 41 fresh, 73 rotten, tomatometer=36% (35.965%). WARNING: entered headline 115 reviews / 36% did not match current canonical totals 114 reviews / 36%. |
| 4309 | 2026-10-02 15:26:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-02 20:26:59 | 36% | 114 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=113 reviews, 40 fresh, 73 rotten, tomatometer=35% (35.398%). WARNING: entered headline 114 reviews / 36% did not match current canonical totals 113 reviews / 35%. |
| 4307 | 2026-10-02 15:11:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-02 20:11:32 | 36% | 112 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=112 reviews, 40 fresh, 72 rotten, tomatometer=36% (35.714%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (112 reviews, 36%). |
| 4304 | 2026-10-02 14:42:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-02 19:42:27 | 35% | 110 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 7 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=7, fresh=1, rotten=6, tomatometer=14%. Net new reviews added=7, fresh=1, rotten=6. Current canonical totals=111 reviews, 40 fresh, 71 rotten, tomatometer=36% (36.036%). WARNING: entered headline 110 reviews / 35% did not match current canonical totals 111 reviews / 36%. |
| 4300 | 2026-10-02 13:51:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-02 18:51:21 | 38% | 104 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=0, rotten=2, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=0, rotten=2. Current canonical totals=104 reviews, 39 fresh, 65 rotten, tomatometer=38% (37.500%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (104 reviews, 38%). |
| 4298 | 2026-10-02 13:23:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-02 18:23:17 | 38% | 102 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=102 reviews, 39 fresh, 63 rotten, tomatometer=38% (38.235%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (102 reviews, 38%). |
| 4295 | 2026-10-02 12:29:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-02 17:29:09 | 39% | 101 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=101 reviews, 39 fresh, 62 rotten, tomatometer=39% (38.614%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (101 reviews, 39%). |
| 4292 | 2026-10-02 11:36:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-02 16:36:16 | 38% | 100 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=100 reviews, 38 fresh, 62 rotten, tomatometer=38% (38.000%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (100 reviews, 38%). |
| 4290 | 2026-10-02 11:21:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-02 16:21:39 | 38% | 100 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=99 reviews, 37 fresh, 62 rotten, tomatometer=37% (37.374%). WARNING: entered headline 100 reviews / 38% did not match current canonical totals 99 reviews / 37%. |
| 4288 | 2026-10-02 10:51:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-02 15:51:07 | 38% | 98 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=0, rotten=2, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=0, rotten=2. Current canonical totals=98 reviews, 37 fresh, 61 rotten, tomatometer=38% (37.755%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (98 reviews, 38%). |
| 4286 | 2026-10-02 10:14:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-02 15:14:03 | 39% | 96 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=0, rotten=2, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=0, rotten=2. Current canonical totals=96 reviews, 37 fresh, 59 rotten, tomatometer=39% (38.542%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (96 reviews, 39%). |
| 4284 | 2026-10-02 09:41:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-02 14:41:00 | 39% | 94 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=94 reviews, 37 fresh, 57 rotten, tomatometer=39% (39.362%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (94 reviews, 39%). |
| 4282 | 2026-10-02 09:10:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-02 14:10:02 | 39% | 93 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 11 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=11, fresh=2, rotten=9, tomatometer=18%. Net new reviews added=11, fresh=2, rotten=9. Current canonical totals=93 reviews, 36 fresh, 57 rotten, tomatometer=39% (38.710%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (93 reviews, 39%). |
| 4280 | 2026-10-01 21:39:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-02 02:39:09 | 42% | 81 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=0, rotten=2, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=0, rotten=2. Current canonical totals=82 reviews, 34 fresh, 48 rotten, tomatometer=41% (41.463%). WARNING: entered headline 81 reviews / 42% did not match current canonical totals 82 reviews / 41%. |
| 4279 | 2026-10-01 21:21:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-02 02:21:06 | 43% | 80 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=80 reviews, 34 fresh, 46 rotten, tomatometer=43% (42.500%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (80 reviews, 43%). |
| 4277 | 2026-10-01 20:42:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-02 01:42:02 | 43% | 79 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=79 reviews, 34 fresh, 45 rotten, tomatometer=43% (43.038%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (79 reviews, 43%). |
| 4275 | 2026-10-01 19:42:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-02 00:42:53 | 44% | 78 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=78 reviews, 34 fresh, 44 rotten, tomatometer=44% (43.590%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (78 reviews, 44%). |
| 4271 | 2026-10-01 18:21:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-01 23:21:44 | 44% | 77 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=77 reviews, 34 fresh, 43 rotten, tomatometer=44% (44.156%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (77 reviews, 44%). |
| 4266 | 2026-10-01 17:20:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-01 22:20:38 | 43% | 76 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=76 reviews, 33 fresh, 43 rotten, tomatometer=43% (43.421%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (76 reviews, 43%). |
| 4264 | 2026-10-01 16:50:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-01 21:50:35 | 44% | 75 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=75 reviews, 33 fresh, 42 rotten, tomatometer=44% (44.000%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (75 reviews, 44%). |
| 4262 | 2026-10-01 15:50:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-01 20:50:28 | 42% | 73 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 4 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=4, fresh=1, rotten=3, tomatometer=25%. Net new reviews added=4, fresh=1, rotten=3. Current canonical totals=73 reviews, 31 fresh, 42 rotten, tomatometer=42% (42.466%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (73 reviews, 42%). |
| 4255 | 2026-10-01 13:59:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-01 18:59:41 | 43% | 68 | processed | Mode=full_snapshot. Processed 67 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=67, fresh=29, rotten=38, tomatometer=43%. Net new reviews added=0, fresh=0, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=69 reviews, 30 fresh, 39 rotten, tomatometer=43% (43.478%). WARNING: entered review count 68 did not match parsed batch count 67. Entered tomatometer matched parsed batch value (43%). |
| 4253 | 2026-10-01 13:50:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-01 18:50:20 | 43% | 68 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 4 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=4, fresh=2, rotten=2, tomatometer=50%. Net new reviews added=4, fresh=2, rotten=2. Current canonical totals=69 reviews, 30 fresh, 39 rotten, tomatometer=43% (43.478%). WARNING: entered headline 68 reviews / 43% did not match current canonical totals 69 reviews / 43%. |
| 4248 | 2026-10-01 12:51:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-01 17:51:12 | 43% | 65 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=65 reviews, 28 fresh, 37 rotten, tomatometer=43% (43.077%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (65 reviews, 43%). |
| 4246 | 2026-10-01 12:21:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-01 17:21:09 | 44% | 64 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=1, rotten=1, tomatometer=50%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=1, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=64 reviews, 28 fresh, 36 rotten, tomatometer=44% (43.750%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (64 reviews, 44%). |
| 4244 | 2026-10-01 11:21:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-01 16:21:03 | 44% | 62 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=62 reviews, 27 fresh, 35 rotten, tomatometer=44% (43.548%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (62 reviews, 44%). |
| 4243 | 2026-10-01 10:51:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-01 15:51:00 | 44% | 61 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=1, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=1, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=61 reviews, 27 fresh, 34 rotten, tomatometer=44% (44.262%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (61 reviews, 44%). |
| 4241 | 2026-10-01 10:11:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-01 15:11:58 | 43% | 60 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=60 reviews, 26 fresh, 34 rotten, tomatometer=43% (43.333%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (60 reviews, 43%). |
| 4240 | 2026-10-01 09:50:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-01 14:50:52 | 43% | 58 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=2, rotten=0, tomatometer=100%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=2, rotten=0. Current canonical totals=59 reviews, 26 fresh, 33 rotten, tomatometer=44% (44.068%). WARNING: entered headline 58 reviews / 43% did not match current canonical totals 59 reviews / 44%. |
| 4238 | 2026-10-01 09:20:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-01 14:20:50 | 42% | 57 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 3 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=3, fresh=1, rotten=2, tomatometer=33%. Net new reviews added=3, fresh=1, rotten=2. Current canonical totals=57 reviews, 24 fresh, 33 rotten, tomatometer=42% (42.105%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (57 reviews, 42%). |
| 4233 | 2026-10-01 08:46:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-10-01 13:46:57 | 42% | 55 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 7 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=7, fresh=2, rotten=5, tomatometer=29%. Net new reviews added=7, fresh=2, rotten=5. Current canonical totals=54 reviews, 23 fresh, 31 rotten, tomatometer=43% (42.593%). WARNING: entered headline 55 reviews / 42% did not match current canonical totals 54 reviews / 43%. |
| 4230 | 2026-09-30 18:21:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-30 23:21:13 | 45% | 47 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 2 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=2, fresh=0, rotten=2, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=0, rotten=2. Current canonical totals=47 reviews, 21 fresh, 26 rotten, tomatometer=45% (44.681%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (47 reviews, 45%). |
| 4227 | 2026-09-30 16:09:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-30 21:09:02 | 47% | 45 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 3 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=3, fresh=1, rotten=2, tomatometer=33%. Net new reviews added=2, fresh=1, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=45 reviews, 21 fresh, 24 rotten, tomatometer=47% (46.667%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (45 reviews, 47%). |
| 4205 | 2026-09-30 15:22:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-30 20:22:09 | 45% | 44 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=43 reviews, 20 fresh, 23 rotten, tomatometer=47% (46.512%). WARNING: entered headline 44 reviews / 45% did not match current canonical totals 43 reviews / 47%. |
| 4201 | 2026-09-30 14:20:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-30 19:20:47 | 46% | 41 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 3 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=3, fresh=2, rotten=1, tomatometer=67%. Net new reviews added=3, fresh=2, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=42 reviews, 20 fresh, 22 rotten, tomatometer=48% (47.619%). WARNING: entered headline 41 reviews / 46% did not match current canonical totals 42 reviews / 48%. |
| 4200 | 2026-09-30 13:51:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-30 18:51:46 | 46% | 39 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 4 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=4, fresh=2, rotten=2, tomatometer=50%. Net new reviews added=4, fresh=2, rotten=2. Current canonical totals=39 reviews, 18 fresh, 21 rotten, tomatometer=46% (46.154%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (39 reviews, 46%). |
| 4197 | 2026-09-30 12:43:00 (America/Panama) | 2026-09-30 17:43:52 | 46% | 35 | processed | Mode=delta_update. Processed 1 row(s); 0 row error(s). Parsed unique reviews in this batch=1, fresh=0, rotten=1, tomatometer=0%. Net new reviews added=1, fresh=0, rotten=1. Current canonical totals=35 reviews, 16 fresh, 19 rotten, tomatometer=46% (45.714%). Entered headline matched current canonical totals (35 reviews, 46%). |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 291631 | Blake Howard | One Heat Minute | Rotten | 2/4 | 2 days ago | 2026-10-16 22:12:00 | There's a difference between a bad film and a bad time, and Verity is an excellent bad time. |
| 291632 | Sean Chandler | Sean Chandler Talks About | Rotten | C+ | 3 days ago | 2026-10-15 22:12:00 | Verity builds everything around a clever final twist that sticks in your brain, but the story never earns it. Not creepy enough or steamy enough, it plays as a dull erotic thriller that needed to iron out some kinks early on. |
| 291634 | Joey Shapiro | Chicago Reader | Rotten | — | 5 days ago | 2026-10-13 22:12:00 | One wishes Showalter and his cast would have leaned harder toward the twisty hysteria of something like A Simple Favor (2018) instead of trying to imagine what a Hitchcock movie would be like with less tension and more Chobani product placement. |
| 291633 | Keith Garlington | Keith & the Movies | Rotten | 2/5 | 5 days ago | 2026-10-13 22:12:00 | The film’s saving grace is its cast, namely Hathaway and Hartnett who find ways to pull more from the material than is actually there. Sadly they can’t pull enough to make up for the film’s lukewarm vision and absurd finish. |
| 287640 | Fico Cangiano | CineXpress | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-10-11T06:16:25.000Z | 2026-10-11 06:16:25 | Resting Bored Face: The Movie |
| 287641 | Jesse Hassenger | AV Club | Rotten | C+ | 2026-10-10T17:10:17.000Z | 2026-10-10 17:10:17 | Verity lopes around unevenly instead of building to a fever pitch. |
| 287642 | Nelson Acosta | Koimoi | Rotten | — | 2026-10-10T06:25:23.000Z | 2026-10-10 06:25:23 | 2.5 The Housemaid’s trail is being followed by more of the same, and Verity will happily quench the thirst of its audience. |
| 287643 | Aisha Harris | Pop Culture Happy Hour (NPR Podcast) | Rotten | — | 2026-10-10T04:47:41.000Z | 2026-10-10 04:47:41 | This movie should be bigger. It should be campier. It should be way more in the realm of something like The Housemaid. |
| 287644 | Carla Renata | The Curvy Film Critic | Rotten | — | 2026-10-10T01:06:52.000Z | 2026-10-10 01:06:52 | Unfortunately, Verity doesn't live up the hype of previously loved Colleen Hoover projects and ya gurl was laughing more than being thrilled. |
| 287645 | Del Winters | MovieJawn | Rotten | — | 2026-10-09T22:23:53.000Z | 2026-10-09 22:23:53 | Despite the best efforts of VERITY's stars, this is not a revival of the erotic thriller. This is product placement for Chobani Oatmilk and blood-splattered Beats headphones pitched at book-buying hobbyists on Bookstagram. |
| 287646 | Billie Anderson | Exclaim! | Rotten | 5/10 | 2026-10-09T21:09:37.000Z | 2026-10-09 21:09:37 | If only everyone had committed to [Anne Hathaway's] movie. |
| 287647 | Kevin Maher | The Times (UK) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-10-09T20:45:23.000Z | 2026-10-09 20:45:23 | There is an intensely stupid twist near the end that makes no narrative sense and is followed by a final reel rug-pull so inconceivably lazy that it inevitably symbolises two fingers casually raised in the direction of the audience. |
| 287648 | Sarah Vincent | Sarah G Vincent Views | Fresh | — | 2026-10-09T14:31:56.000Z | 2026-10-09 14:31:56 | This movie is ridiculous, and anyone with a keen imagination could come up with a more lurid tale. Still with such a great cast of pretty people in pretty places doing wicked, illogical things, you may not mind. |
| 287649 | Walter Chaw | Film Freak Central | Rotten | 0.5/4 | 2026-10-09T05:06:51.000Z | 2026-10-09 05:06:51 | Verity’s a terrible movie. |
| 287650 | Mae Abdulbaki | Pajiba | Rotten | — | 2026-10-08T20:48:02.000Z | 2026-10-08 20:48:02 | There’s no romance here, and the film doesn’t have much to say about the world of literary writing. The psychosexual parts are mere teasers in a clear cycle of toxicity. |
| 287447 | Linda Cook | OurQuadCities / WHBF-TV (Illinois) | Rotten | — | 2026-10-08T02:46:08.000Z | 2026-10-08 02:46:08 | 1 star If '50 Shades of Grey' and "The Housemaid' had a baby, 'Verity' would be the offspring. |
| 287448 | Aaron Neuwirth | We Live Entertainment | Rotten | 3/10 | 2026-10-07T21:54:01.000Z | 2026-10-07 21:54:01 | Here’s a case where it feels like the stars, the writer, the screenwriter adapting this work, and director Michael Showalter are all on different pages when it comes to assembling an erotic thriller. |
| 287449 | Paul McGuire Grimes | Paul's Trip to the Movies | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-10-07T21:08:08.000Z | 2026-10-07 21:08:08 | If the book was a page turner, then Showalter makes this a slow burn. While the tone may seem murky, the three leads are clearly enjoying the web they are spinning. |
| 287450 | Kelly Kantrowitz | Geek Vibes Nation | Fresh | 6/10 | 2026-10-07T20:00:43.000Z | 2026-10-07 20:00:43 | If you’ve read the book, you’re probably going to walk away loving it more, but there’s enough unhinged drama and twists here to make Verity a pretty fun night out at the movies. |
| 287451 | Sandie Angulo Chen | Common Sense Media | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-10-07T18:58:03.000Z | 2026-10-07 18:58:03 | This glossy erotic thriller wastes its talented cast, proving to be yet another underwhelming Hoover adaptation. |
| 287452 | Maxance Vincent | Cosmic Circus | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2026-10-07T18:47:27.000Z | 2026-10-07 18:47:27 | Showalter isn’t a particularly bad filmmaker, but he doesn’t seem to know what he wants from the material or his aesthetics. |
| 287453 | Kristen Lopez | The Film Maven | Fresh | C | 2026-10-07T14:54:22.000Z | 2026-10-07 14:54:22 | Verity is certainly the best of the Hoover adaptations we've gotten over the last two years, mostly thanks to Anne Hathaway. |
| 287347 | Sebastian Zavala Kahn | Cinencuentro | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-10-07T04:28:52.000Z | 2026-10-07 04:28:52 | What surely works well in a novel has been adapted here in the most confusing and lacklustre way possible, resulting in a supposed psychological thriller that is neither emotionally engaging nor psychologically stimulating. [Full review in Spanish]. |
| 287348 | Troy Ribeiro | Free Press Journal (India) | Fresh | — | 2026-10-07T03:38:04.000Z | 2026-10-07 03:38:04 | 3/ 5 Verity is a stylish psychological thriller built around obsession, manipulation & a mysterious manuscript that blurs truth & fiction. However, as the twists grow increasingly outrageous, the film sacrifices plausibility... |
| 287349 | Charles Koplinski | Reel Talk with Chuck and Pam | Rotten | 2.5/4.0 | 2026-10-07T02:35:53.000Z | 2026-10-07 02:35:53 | If nothing else, you likely won’t be bored by the movie. You may walk out of it a bit dumber, but bored, not a chance. |
| 287350 | Jonathan Romney | Financial Times | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-10-06T22:57:08.000Z | 2026-10-06 22:57:08 | Questionably cavalier, to say the least, in its depiction of disability and of child mortality, this convoluted dud is open-ended and more than half empty — neither field nor lake, more of a deluxe quagmire. |
| 287351 | Korey Coleman | Double Toasted | Rotten | — | 2026-10-06T22:02:14.000Z | 2026-10-06 22:02:14 | Verity is one of the worst movies of the year - a lazy, trite film released solely because of Colleen Hoover's name. |
| 287352 | Robert Denerstein | Denerstein Unleashed | Rotten | — | 2026-10-06T17:59:43.000Z | 2026-10-06 17:59:43 | ... the initial glamor loses its luster, and a plethora of melodramatic third-act plot twists wreck what's left of the movie's waning plausibility. |
| 287353 | André Didyme-Dôme | Rolling Stone en Español | Rotten | — | 2026-10-06T17:07:38.000Z | 2026-10-06 17:07:38 | A good, tasteless film would have bitten hard. This one barely leaves the impression of a set of false teeth. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 287354 | Tom Meek | Cambridge Day | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2026-10-06T17:06:01.000Z | 2026-10-06 17:06:01 | Hoots and hollers rippled through the crowd like a wave effort at Fenway, when there should have been hush and gapes. |
| 287355 | Alci Rengifo | Entertainment Voice | Rotten | — | 2026-10-06T17:05:00.000Z | 2026-10-06 17:05:00 | Why this movie was made is obvious, since there is little doubt Colleen Hoover remains a hot author. “Verity,” however, has no sizzle. |
| 287356 | Cain Noble-Davies | FILMINK (Australia) | Fresh | 16.5/20 | 2026-10-06T16:55:25.000Z | 2026-10-06 16:55:25 | … a seductive beauty of a psycho-sexual thriller … |
| 287297 | Michael Clark | Epoch Times | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-10-06T10:22:20.000Z | 2026-10-06 10:22:20 | It appeals to its core audience, as evidenced in the most recent RT scores. The movie has a 34% critic rating and 69% for audiences. It’s the latest example of the ongoing disconnect between the elite intelligentsia and the working class. |
| 287298 | Dulcie Pearce | The Sun (UK) | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-10-06T00:03:52.000Z | 2026-10-06 00:03:52 | Like many films of its type, the suspense of horror-on-the-horizon is the best part of Verity. |
| 287299 | James Berardinelli | ReelViews | Rotten | 2/4 | 2026-10-05T22:33:48.000Z | 2026-10-05 22:33:48 | With Verity, the manipulation is too ham-fisted to obscure the obvious fallacies, and the twist is too artificially revealed to have the desired impact. Verity the novel is an entertaining beach book. Verity the movie is an Amazon Prime throwaway. |
| 287300 | Alison Gillmor | Winnipeg Free Press | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-10-05T22:09:11.000Z | 2026-10-05 22:09:11 | Verity is not only lacking in thrills. It's almost laughably light on plausible human psychology. |
| 287281 | Rebecca Onion | Slate | Fresh | — | 2026-10-05T21:54:49.000Z | 2026-10-05 21:54:49 | An adaptation that bests the source material, slimming down the book’s near-compulsive proliferation of details so you can focus on Hoover’s try at landing the psychological-thriller equivalent of a plot quadruple axel. |
| 287282 | Wendy Ide | Observer (UK) | Rotten | — | 2026-10-05T20:45:14.000Z | 2026-10-05 20:45:14 | This is shoddy stuff. The clunky screenplay leans on the laziest of devices, each purporting to reveal a new angle on this utterly disingenuous erotic thriller, but each feeling more contrived and less trustworthy than the last. |
| 287283 | Andrew Parker | The Gate | Rotten | 5/10 | 2026-10-05T20:02:44.000Z | 2026-10-05 20:02:44 | Questions of plausibility and how much each of the characters understands about the situation will nag at viewers long after the credits roll. |
| 287284 | Helen O'Hara | Empire Magazine | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-10-05T19:46:12.000Z | 2026-10-05 19:46:12 | It's a solid enough melodrama elevated by overqualified leading ladies, but the twists and turns don't justify the lengthy running time. |
| 287285 | Cris Kennedy | Inner East Review | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-10-05T17:51:15.000Z | 2026-10-05 17:51:15 | The film's production is gorgeous. |
| 285041 | Mark Kermode | Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube) | Fresh | — | 2026-10-05T17:23:36.000Z | 2026-10-05 17:23:36 | I thought it was fun. |
| 285042 | M.N. Miller | InSession Film | Rotten | C- | 2026-10-05T17:23:14.000Z | 2026-10-05 17:23:14 | Verity starts as a delicious thriller, but it ends up leaving a bad taste in your mouth. |
| 285043 | Adam Olinger | Adam Does Movies (YouTube) | Rotten | — | 2026-10-05T16:28:17.000Z | 2026-10-05 16:28:17 | "Is that a field?" asks Dakota Johnson’s character, looking out the window at a large, frozen lake. This is a stupid movie. |
| 285044 | Nicholas Bell | Fish Jelly Films (YouTube) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-10-05T16:11:02.000Z | 2026-10-05 16:11:02 | Whilst commensurately better written than its source novel, Verity remains a tepid rendering of what could have been a ghastly but entertaining neo-noir, erotic thriller centered on two femme fatales. |
| 285005 | Jinal Bhatt | Variety India | Rotten | 2.5/3 | 2026-10-05T09:47:00.000Z | 2026-10-05 09:47:00 | The film is carried by its setting, atmosphere, the many twists and Anne Hathaway’s campy portrayal of the complicated titular character. |
| 285006 | Sara Michelle Fetters | MovieFreak.com | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2026-10-05T08:22:10.000Z | 2026-10-05 08:22:10 | Michael Showalter is way outside his comfort zone with his adaptation of the Colleen Hoover novel. His film just isn’t any fun. |
| 284997 | Susan Granger | SSG Syndicate | Rotten | 6/10 | 2026-10-04T19:34:18.000Z | 2026-10-04 19:34:18 | Creepy and melodramatic - yet stylish - it's the latest of Colleen Hoover's pulpy works to transfer to the silver screen. Despite the star power of Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson & Josh Hartnett - the lavish lakeside house steals the show! |
| 284998 | Nathalia Aryani | The MovieMaven | Fresh | — | 2026-10-04T19:31:42.000Z | 2026-10-04 19:31:42 | "The truth depends on who's telling it." Who’s manipulating who? Who would you believe? What would you have done? And what would you do? Don’t believe everything you see and hear! What’s fiction might be real and what’s real might be fiction. |
| 284988 | Jack Martin | Film Feeder | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-10-04T16:02:48.000Z | 2026-10-04 16:02:48 | As for Hoover herself, with Verity she’s crafted a story that is as unsatisfying on the screen as it presumably is on the written page. Maybe, to quote this very movie, she should switch to romance. |
| 284966 | Eddie Harrison | film-authority.com | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-10-04T07:55:41.000Z | 2026-10-04 07:55:41 | …llke an AI mystery generated from bits of Rebecca, Jane Eyre and The Housemaid, Verity is a good-bad movie that regurgitates ancient mystery tropes, but it’s Grand Guignol approach generates tension before the plot-holes widen. … |
| 284967 | Linda and Al Lerner | Movies and Shakers | Rotten | — | 2026-10-04T03:49:40.000Z | 2026-10-04 03:49:40 | For a script that purports to be about plotting suspense and crime, it is lame, predictable and a malfeasance. Yes, Showalter successfully creates a couple of effective jump scares, but unfortunately, they don’t save this film. We just didn’t buy it. |
| 284963 | Adam Graham | Detroit News | Rotten | D | 2026-10-04T00:49:21.000Z | 2026-10-04 00:49:21 | "Verity" is both a writing exercise and a movie gone off the rails. |
| 284956 | Deniz Arslan | Battle Royale With Cheese | Rotten | 2/10 | 2026-10-03T19:53:18.000Z | 2026-10-03 19:53:18 | Verity had all the ingredients for a nasty psychological thriller, but turns them into a dull, ridiculous soap opera where bad pacing and worse sex scenes kill every bit of suspense. |
| 284937 | Erik Childress | Movie Madness Podcast | Rotten | 0.5/4 | 2026-10-03T12:05:37.000Z | 2026-10-03 12:05:37 | Colleen Hoover’s attempt at a Gone Girl narrative when not being dull is setting you up for a series of even more ridiculous twists, none of which tie together with any competency even by the craziest standards of trashy Housemaid-like thrillers. |
| 284938 | Manuel São Bento | MSB Reviews (Ghost.io) | Rotten | C | 2026-10-03T09:19:25.000Z | 2026-10-03 09:19:25 | There's a certain irony in a story about a ghostwriter, someone paid to channel another person's voice, being undone by how faithfully it channels everyone else's. |
| 284939 | Courtney Howard | Fresh Fiction | Fresh | B | 2026-10-03T01:50:38.000Z | 2026-10-03 01:50:38 | Part tawdry, 90s-style erotic thriller, part neo-gothic hagsploitation camp, it plays like dumbed-down du Maurier. And it’s exactly my kind of stupid, silly smut. |
| 284940 | Dana Han-Klein | We're Watching What?! | Rotten | 2.6/5 | 2026-10-03T00:46:52.000Z | 2026-10-03 00:46:52 | Verity is unwilling to trust its audience: it spoon feeds some things while also throwing twists out of nowhere. This would've better served if it leaned into the campy moments instead of accidentally stumbling upon them through a haze of self seriousness |
| 284941 | John Urbancich | JMuvies | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-10-03T00:39:52.000Z | 2026-10-03 00:39:52 | Bertelmann's swelling strings enter the proceedings to amplify the few spooky moments in a Colleen Hoover book-based thriller that apparently can't handle the truth until most of the audience has lost interest. |
| 284942 | Carla Hay | Culture Mix | Rotten | — | 2026-10-02T22:58:09.000Z | 2026-10-02 22:58:09 | The title character in the sluggish drama Verity is in a vegetative state of mind, which also describes the tone of this psychological mystery. It's too dull with not enough suspense. The acting performances are stiff. The plot twist isn't surprising. |
| 284943 | Larushka Ivan-Zadeh | Time Out | Fresh | 3/5 | 2026-10-02T22:48:49.000Z | 2026-10-02 22:48:49 | Showalter and his cast clearly had a right giggle making this -- and, for the most part, you will too. |
| 284944 | Rene Sanchez | Cine Sin Fronteras | Rotten | 2/4 | 2026-10-02T22:26:09.000Z | 2026-10-02 22:26:09 | Verity underutilizes its cast by delivering a predictable thriller that is less clever and sexy than it thinks it is. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| 284945 | Zico Ghosh | The Federal | Rotten | — | 2026-10-02T22:21:39.000Z | 2026-10-02 22:21:39 | What might have been a deliciously murky thriller instead feels like a film straining to keep up with the twists its genre demands. |
| 284946 | Shalini Langer | The Indian Express | Rotten | 1.5/5 | 2026-10-02T21:56:17.000Z | 2026-10-02 21:56:17 | Hoover has filled many of those airport bookstores that Lowen scoffs at. This one ought to have stayed there, and never crossed the desks of Hathaway, Johnson or Hartnett. |
| 284947 | Stephen Silver | Splice Today | Rotten | — | 2026-10-02T21:33:32.000Z | 2026-10-02 21:33:32 | Much as I enjoyed all three lead performances, I’ve seen much better versions of this before, and the ending is laughable. |
| 284948 | Molly Henery | The Blogging Banshee | Rotten | 4/10 | 2026-10-02T21:30:47.000Z | 2026-10-02 21:30:47 | Verity can't decide what kind of film it wants to be, leading to a muddy, aimless, forgettable viewing experience. |
| 284906 | Peter Travers | The Travers Take | Rotten | 2/4 | 2026-10-02T20:28:43.000Z | 2026-10-02 20:28:43 | It's V for vapid as Dakota Johnson and far friskier Anne Hathaway cobble together a respectable film version of Colleen Hoover’s lurid, lustful and bestselling trash thriller. Who wants respectable? Not me. |
| 284902 | Brett Arnold | At the Movies Again | Fresh | — | 2026-10-02T20:13:02.000Z | 2026-10-02 20:13:02 | If you enjoyed the lurid thrills of "The Housemaid," you'll get a kick out of this, too. An adaptation of a trashy airport paperback that knows that's what it is. |
| 284901 | Caroline Siede | Girl Culture (Substack) | Rotten | C | 2026-10-02T20:10:46.000Z | 2026-10-02 20:10:46 | For a story about deception, ambiguity, and sexual transgression, Verity doesn’t really offer much in the way of meaningful provocation. So it’s hard to recommend, even if I don’t entirely feel like I wasted my time watching it. |
| 284899 | Rachel Wagner | Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) | Rotten | — | 2026-10-02T19:54:06.000Z | 2026-10-02 19:54:06 | This movie needed more schlocky fun. Dakota Johnson is very flat in this. |
| 284886 | Ruben Peralta Rigaud | Cocalecas | Fresh | — | 2026-10-02T19:39:48.000Z | 2026-10-02 19:39:48 | The result works as twisted entertainment, thanks primarily to Hathaway and the shifting dynamic between its three protagonists, but it leaves the feeling that a stranger, more dangerous film was still lurking within its pages. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 284887 | Luis Martínez | El Mundo (Spain) | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-10-02T19:37:17.000Z | 2026-10-02 19:37:17 | Verity is one of those films where every decision it makes is bad. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 284888 | Bradley Gibson | Film Threat | Rotten | 5/10 | 2026-10-02T19:31:53.000Z | 2026-10-02 19:31:53 | It’s a romance with no charm, and a thriller with no bite. |
| 284889 | Alison Willmore | New York Magazine/Vulture | Rotten | — | 2026-10-02T19:30:44.000Z | 2026-10-02 19:30:44 | Verity has one foot planted in a grounded reality and the other in an absurd one, and the result is that it’s left doing a very painful version of the splits. |
| 284890 | Moira MacDonald | Seattle Times | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2026-10-02T19:27:14.000Z | 2026-10-02 19:27:14 | Whatever the consciousness level of Verity herself might be, “Verity” is definitely comatose. |
| 284891 | Jeremy Jahns | JeremyJahns.com | Rotten | — | 2026-10-02T19:24:03.000Z | 2026-10-02 19:24:03 | I was bored to tears. |
| 284892 | Alex Bentley | CultureMap | Rotten | — | 2026-10-02T18:57:59.000Z | 2026-10-02 18:57:59 | Verity has the bones of a tense thriller, but it’s filled in with a bunch of questionable story beats that don’t prove as satisfying as the premise. |
| 284880 | Javier Ocaña | El Pais (Spain) | Rotten | — | 2026-10-02T18:30:26.000Z | 2026-10-02 18:30:26 | ...everything seems so arranged around the penultimate twist and the shock it supposedly causes that, when it arrives...there is only one possible reaction: to burst out laughing at the unintentional comedy of the explanations... [Full review in Spanish] |
| 284881 | Matthew Passantino | Big Picture Big Sound | Rotten | 2/4 | 2026-10-02T18:24:53.000Z | 2026-10-02 18:24:53 | Somehow, the thrills got lost in translation because Showalter's film is a plodding bore with only a few individual moments that pop off the screen. |
| 284875 | Sean P. Means | The Movie Cricket | Rotten | 2/4 | 2026-10-02T18:05:56.000Z | 2026-10-02 18:05:56 | Any movie where the major plot driver is Johnson stumbling over writings Hathaway left behind needs some serious plot restructuring. |
| 284872 | Noah Berlatsky | Splice Today | Fresh | — | 2026-10-02T17:04:59.000Z | 2026-10-02 17:04:59 | Until its last few minutes, Verity manages to comment on the genre and embody it—an impressive exercise in gothic doubling, as well as a pleasure to watch. |
| 284869 | Claire Di Maio | But Why Tho? | Fresh | 6.5/10 | 2026-10-02T16:10:06.000Z | 2026-10-02 16:10:06 | You have to be all in with Verity from the get-go, understanding that it is as subtle as a freight train. |
| 284867 | Ridge Harripersad | CGMagazine | Rotten | 5.5/10 | 2026-10-02T16:00:39.000Z | 2026-10-02 16:00:39 | "The biggest letdown from an acting standpoint is probably no surprise to some: Dakota Johnson’s Lowen...If you are an avid reader of Hoover’s works, then this should be a good enough depiction." |
| 284864 | Jonathan W. Hickman | The Newnan Times-Herald | Rotten | 4/10 | 2026-10-02T15:19:33.000Z | 2026-10-02 15:19:33 | It keeps promising a guilty pleasure and delivering a reading assignment. |
| 284865 | Paul Klein | FILMHOUNDS Magazine | Rotten | 3/5 | 2026-10-02T15:14:07.000Z | 2026-10-02 15:14:07 | The issue lies in execution, maybe the source novel from Colleen Hoover isn’t daring enough, or maybe both Showalter and screenwriter Nick Antcosta are too coy, but the film only sparingly ramps up eroticism. |
| 284861 | David Crow | Den of Geek | Rotten | 2/5 | 2026-10-02T14:53:32.000Z | 2026-10-02 14:53:32 | Verity speaks less like a Machiavellian femme fatale than a cross between Katharine Hepburn at her thickest Mid-Atlantic chic and Cruella de Vil. Anne Hathaway even seems to sprinkle in a little faux-Genovian Received Pronunciation. |
| 284862 | Rain Jokinen | MullingMovies.com | Rotten | — | 2026-10-02T14:48:27.000Z | 2026-10-02 14:48:27 | [Verity] is a movie that benefits greatly from a lack of spoilage. Not so much because spoiling it ruins the fun of its surprises. It's more the fact that talking about the twists would just reveal what an extremely stupid movie it is. |
| 284859 | Sean Collier | Table Magazine | Fresh | 7/10 | 2026-10-02T14:22:50.000Z | 2026-10-02 14:22:50 | Hathaway, however, transcends, giving one of her best performances — a strong statement, considering she already has an Oscar and has been great in three other movies this year alone. |
| 284835 | Todd Jorgenson | Cinemalogue | Rotten | — | 2026-10-02T13:36:44.000Z | 2026-10-02 13:36:44 | There are few things less exciting than watching someone read. |
| 284836 | Liz Braun | Original Cin | Rotten | C | 2026-10-02T12:25:55.000Z | 2026-10-02 12:25:55 | A mild-mannered erotic thriller built on pretty pictures and dubious events, Verity makes no sense. But for people who like this sort of thing, this is just the sort of thing they like. |
| 284837 | James Profetto | Reel James (YouTube) | Rotten | F | 2026-10-02T12:02:56.000Z | 2026-10-02 12:02:56 | "Verity" is the worst movie of 2026. It is a painstakingly grueling experience. |
| 284838 | Nell Minow | Movie Mom | Rotten | C | 2026-10-02T10:39:24.000Z | 2026-10-02 10:39:24 | I can understand why two of Hollywood’s most accomplished and talented actresses would want to produce and star in a book with two juicy parts for women. But ooof, despite Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson doing their best, this movie is a dumb, dull, dud. |
| 284839 | Brent Hankins | The Lamplight Review | Rotten | 4/10 | 2026-10-02T08:46:11.000Z | 2026-10-02 08:46:11 | If you absolutely must see it, then let me advise waiting until you can round up some friends, pour a few glasses of wine and cackle at the absurdity together. That’s about the best experience you can hope for with this one. |
| 284840 | Katie Walsh | Tribune News Service | Fresh | 3/4 | 2026-10-02T06:20:22.000Z | 2026-10-02 06:20:22 | "Verity" is high camp with a wink, a hair toss and just enough bite to draw blood. |
| 284841 | A.C. Koch | Spectrum Culture | Rotten | — | 2026-10-02T05:18:40.000Z | 2026-10-02 05:18:40 | Verity, a stylish and twisty exercise in noir, is happy to let its characters misinterpret the evidence they’re presented with in the most destructive of ways, just to see what happens. |
| 284842 | Allen Almachar | The MacGuffin | Rotten | C+ | 2026-10-02T05:06:16.000Z | 2026-10-02 05:06:16 | Verity promises a wicked good time. In reality, it only manages to provide it in small doses. |
| 284843 | Casey Chong | Casey's Movie Mania | Rotten | 2.5/5 | 2026-10-02T05:01:29.000Z | 2026-10-02 05:01:29 | What could have been an intriguing pulpy thriller lacks the trashy guilty-pleasure touches. |
| 284844 | Lauren Bradshaw | Fangirl Freakout | Fresh | B | 2026-10-02T04:55:40.000Z | 2026-10-02 04:55:40 | Some may call Verity a guilty pleasure watch, but I just call it a pleasure. |
| 284845 | Mark Dujsik | Mark Reviews Movies | Rotten | 1.5/4 | 2026-10-02T02:59:12.000Z | 2026-10-02 02:59:12 | One guesses the filmmakers assume the majority of the audience will have read the book and know what's coming, while everyone else will simply know it's coming... |
| 284832 | Lynn Venhaus | PopLifeSTL | Rotten | D | 2026-10-02T02:27:32.000Z | 2026-10-02 02:27:32 | Beware the unreliable narrator(s). Not giving any spoilers away, but "Verity" is turgid trash, and toys with truth, trust and too many twists to be a satisfying psychological thriller. |
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