Kwenye yezona filim zeprofayile eziphezulu kunyaka ophelileyo, "wanyamalala" unokususwa yi-Sicvel. UGillian Flynn, umbhali wenoveli yegama elifanayo, ngokwakhe walungelelanisa le ncwadi kwisibhalo, wavuma ukuba ilungele ukubhala i-laquel.
"Kuya kuba yinto enomdla ukubona ukuba kwenzeka ntoni kule ntsapho ingenamsebenzi i-Dunn kwiminyaka embalwa emva kweziganeko ezichazwe kwinxalenye yokuqala. Inene, kubonakala ngathi akukho kum, akukho nto ilungileyo, "itsho iFlynn. Nangona kunjalo, uGillian ukholelwa ukuba ukulandelelana kunokwenzeka kuphela ukuba bonke abathathi-nxaxheba bakhulu bakulungele ukubuya. Ikwathetha abadlali beendima eziphambili ze-speaus nick kwaye u-Amy Dann - uBen Abyleck kunye noRosamind pike, kunye noMlawuli wePiketing kaDavid Fidecher. Kodwa abadlali nabadlali okanye umphathi-ntsapho bekagqabaze ngesicelo sombhali.
Siza kukhumbuza, umfanekiso "wanyamalala" uxela ngesibakala sokuba, kwisikhumbuzo sesihlanu somtshato, uEmy Dann unyamalale, kwaye igama lakhe lesidlaliso lisikrokrela. Kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lwezigidi ezingama-61 ezigidi, ifilimu eqokelele ngaphezulu kwe- $ 365 yezigidi kwi-ofisi yebhokisi yehlabathi. Iteyiphu ityunjelwe imbasa yeGlobe yeGlobe yeGlobe yeGlobe kwindidi ezine ("eyona ndima yabasetyhini", "umlawuli" olungileyo "), kodwa akafumananga naziphi na izinto ezivakalayo.