{"id":2119716,"date":"2025-10-28T03:35:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T03:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2119716"},"modified":"2025-10-28T03:35:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T03:35:48","slug":"what-are-the-differences-between-regretting-you-the-movie-and-colleen-hoovers-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/what-are-the-differences-between-regretting-you-the-movie-and-colleen-hoovers-book\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are The Differences Between &#8216;Regretting You&#8217; The Movie And Colleen Hoover&#8217;s Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-v-55f2c84a=\"\">\n<p>Following the successful (and controversial aftermath) of the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni-led romance drama <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blavity.com\/entertainment\/it-ends-with-us-film-twist-and-ending-explained\">It Ends With Us<\/a><\/em>, another film adaptation of a Colleen Hoover novel has hit theaters <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blavity.com\/entertainment\/regretting-you-cast-mason-thames-mckenna-grace-growing-pains\">with <em>Regretting You<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;Regretting You&#039; Cast Interview with Mason Thames and McKenna Grace\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r-YN-YNVfTE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Based on Hoover\u2019s eponymous 2019 novel, it follows Morgan (Allison Williams) and Clara (McKenna Grace), a mother-daughter duo whose already contentious relationship is thrown into uncharted territory after their husband and father, Chris (Scott Eastwood), and sister and aunt, Jenny (Willa Fitzgerald), die in a car crash. <\/p>\n<p>Soon thereafter, it\u2019s revealed that Jenny, who was engaged to and shared a child, Elijah, with Jonah Sullivan (Dave Franco), was having an affair with Chris. Morgan decides to hide the truth from Clara, who finds refuge in Miller (Mason Thames), a boy from school whom Morgan disapproves of because his father is a felon, further pulling the two women apart.<\/p>\n<p>Before watching the film in theaters, here\u2019s every difference between <em>Regretting You<\/em> and its source material.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-morgan-instead-of-jonah-finds-chris-car-in-the-film\">Morgan, instead of Jonah, finds Chris\u2019 car in the film<\/h2>\n<p>According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/movies\/regretting-you-book-movie-differences\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parade<\/a>, in the book, Jonah, after talking to Morgan about his concerns about Chris and Jenny\u2019s relationship, is the one who finds Chris\u2019 car following the accident. However, in the film, Morgan is the one who finds it via her FindMy app, which she\u2019s using to keep tabs on Clara.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan finds the car parked at a hotel, and she and Jonah drive there to pick up the vehicle and Chris\u2019 belongings. While in his hotel room, they find Jenny\u2019s duffel bag that\u2019s full of lingerie, confirming their suspicions that the two were having an affair. In the book, Morgan tells Jonah they should leave without Chris\u2019 car, and they do so. At the house, she has a panic attack, and Jonah calms her down.<\/p>\n<p>In the movie, Morgan takes Chris\u2019 car home but hits it repeatedly with Jenny\u2019s duffel bag.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jonah-is-the-one-who-s-concerned-about-elijah-s-paternity-in-the-book\">Jonah is the one who\u2019s concerned about Elijah\u2019s paternity in the book<\/h2>\n<p>Contrary to the book, it\u2019s Jonah who worries about Elijah\u2019s paternity after learning of their affair and noticing similarities between the baby\u2019s smile and Chris\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>However, in the book, Morgan wonders whether Elijah is Chris\u2019, long before Jonah starts questioning Elijah\u2019s parentage.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clara-distances-herself-from-miller-in-the-novel-because-of-his-girlfriend-shelby\">Clara distances herself from Miller in the novel because of his girlfriend, Shelby<\/h2>\n<p>Clara\u2019s burgeoning relationship with Miler is compromised by the fact that he has a girlfriend, Shelby, in both the movie and the book. In the latter, unlike in the film, Clara distances herself from the relationship, even going so far as to delete his number after recalling what Jenny used to tell her about being the other woman.<\/p>\n<p>In the movie, Clara expresses her disdain for the situation, especially when Miller runs to her after fighting with Shelby.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-morgan-s-finances-and-pursuit-of-higher-education-are-explored-in-the-book\">Morgan\u2019s finances and pursuit of higher education are explored in the book<\/h2>\n<p>In the book, before Chris and Jenny\u2019s accident, Morgan tells Chris she has dreams of going to university, which she couldn\u2019t pursue after high school because she got pregnant with Clara at 17. The book delves deeper into Morgan\u2019s pursuit of higher education, as she tells Clara she applied for a substitute teaching job\u00a0and plans to reenroll in college. Later, she gets a job interview at a local real estate company, and throughout the book, Morgan is shown worrying about the family\u2019s financial status without Chris.<\/p>\n<p>The movie doesn\u2019t explore Morgan\u2019s education and finances as much as the book. Only a few scenes capture her exploring a career in interior and architectural design.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clara-and-miller-s-documentary-chromophobe-nbsp-doesn-t-exist-in-the-film\">Clara and Miller\u2019s documentary, \u2018Chromophobe,\u2019<em>\u00a0<\/em>doesn\u2019t exist in the film<\/h2>\n<p>In the book, though Jonah gives Miller, an aspiring filmmaker, the idea of entering the film competition, Clara is the one who signs her beau up. The couple works on the project together, and in one of the book\u2019s final chapters, they show their friends, Lexie (Sam Morelos) and Efren (Ethan Costanilla), the mock documentary <em>Chromophobe<\/em>, which<em> <\/em>concludes with a montage shot by Miller of their relationship. The scene is included in the movie version, but <em>Chromophobe\u00a0<\/em>is not.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clara-doesn-t-throw-her-phone-at-jonah-after-witnessing-his-kiss-with-morgan-in-the-movie\">Clara doesn\u2019t throw her phone at Jonah after witnessing his kiss with Morgan in the movie<\/h2>\n<p>In the movie, Morgan kisses Jonah one night at her house, surprising them both, whereas in the book, Jonah is more transparent about his feelings for her. Clara walks in on them in both versions, but her reaction to their smooch differs.<\/p>\n<p>In the book, Clara is devastated and throws her phone across the room during class with Jonah, who happens to be one of her teachers, the next day at school. It breaks, and Jonah takes her out into the hallway and apologizes for the kiss.<\/p>\n<p>Clara doesn\u2019t have as strong a response in the movie, though she\u2019s upset at Morgan and Jonah. Jonah later gifts her a new phone to smooth things over between them.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clara-doesn-t-get-drunk-at-the-cemetery-in-the-book\">Clara doesn\u2019t get drunk at the cemetery in the book<\/h2>\n<p>In the movie, Clara gets drunk at the place where Chris and Jenny are buried. The same scene takes place in the book with Lexie, but they\u2019re not at the cemetery; instead, they\u2019re in Clara\u2019s bedroom.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-morgan-and-jonah-burn-chris-and-jenny-s-love-letters-in-the-movie\">Morgan and Jonah burn Chris and Jenny\u2019s love letters in the movie<\/h2>\n<p>After telling Jonah how she feels about him at the end of the book, Morgan shreds Jenny\u2019s secret love letters to her late husband that she found in Chris\u2019 old toolbox. Morgan and Jonah get together, and the book ends with them starting a new chapter together.<\/p>\n<p>However, in the movie, Morgan and Jonah burn the letters unread after sleeping together for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Regretting You<\/em> is in theaters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v7.0&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1&#038;appId=567482886746994\" async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source blavity.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the successful (and controversial aftermath) of the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni-led romance drama It Ends With Us, another film adaptation of a Colleen Hoover novel has hit theaters with Regretting You. Based on Hoover\u2019s eponymous 2019 novel, it follows Morgan (Allison Williams) and Clara (McKenna Grace), a mother-daughter duo whose already contentious relationship [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2119717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2119716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/What-Are-The-Differences-Between-Regretting-You-The-Movie-And.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2119716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2119718,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119716\/revisions\/2119718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2119717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2119716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2119716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2119716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}