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In the Movie |
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Kevin hits Alex in the head |
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Alex has grey hair |
Alex has brown hair
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In the book, Katie starts telling Alex about her past, she talks about her several escape attempts, as well as her final escape to Southport. Which includes, getting her hair done at a beauty shop, going next door and buying a cell phone & tricking Kevin while he's out of town on a case, leaving and first going to Philadelphia, where Kevin almost finds her, then New York, before getting a ride into South Port with a guy driving a truck. |
She flees, and gets off the bus in Southport, right from the start... |
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Alex teaches Katie to drive, and when she gets her licenses, is how Kevin finds her after he breaks into the Feldman's home and got the information he needed when he puts the story together when he hears of the Feldman's daughter who died, and Erin looked like Katie... |
Driving never comes up, and he just breaks into the Feldman's home after seeing a recipe that is a match to the Feldman's handwriting, listens to a message, and writes down the number and he calls it to find out where she's at & where she works...
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Katie & Jo lives in 2 similar looking cottages, and seem to be close together. |
We never see Jo's cottage. |
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In the book, Katie never sleeps with Alex, because she doesn't feel right because she's married. Also, while Kevin's search is at a dead end, he ends up having an affair with a girl named Amber he meets at a bar. |
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Kevin lies to everyone he works with about where Erin went, he tells them she's in Manchester helping a friend who has cancer, and they never know that she actually left him. |
The other cops know from the start that he's looking for her. |
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Kevin searches for Katie at a carnival, where they are at with the kids in August, and only knows where she is when he spots the bikes they were riding home outside the back of the store. |
Kevin is looking for Katie at a 4th of July parade & finds her at a dance.
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Alex's store is the 1st floor & he lives with the kids on the 2nd floor. |
Alex & the kids live across the road from the store in a house & the 2nd floor of the store is only Jo's private office. |
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The daughters name is Kristen |
The daughters name is changed to Lexie
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Kevin hits Alex in the head |
Kevin and Alex don't have any physical contact and Alex hits Katie |
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Erin has blonde hair which is cut short and dyed brown before leaving the house. |
Erin has long brown hair which is then turned to platinum blonde short hair.
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She doesn't wear a bathing suit (considers a full piece because a bikini wold be too revealing) because she doesn't swim on the first family outing. |
She wears a bikini on the family out and swims. |
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The daughters name is Kristen |
The daughters name is Lexi
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Katie has blonde hair and dyes it brown |
Katie has brown hair and dies it blonde |
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The fire is started while Alex is pocking up his friends daughter from the airport |
The fire is started by a spark from fkreworks on the 4th of July
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Katie saves both Josh and Kristen from the fire |
Alex takes Josh with him to set off fireworks and he's not in the house when the fire is started |
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Kevin and Katie have the final struggle with the gun at Katies cottage before Kevin pulls the trigger and accidentally shoots himself |
The fight takes place at the store while its burning down
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