It features the cast and crew touching on the complicated path spanning several years in getting the film made, from the disparity of Charlize Theron's appearance compared to the book's protagonist and conveying the "essence" of her regardless to steering clear of the genre's formulaic nature. The interviews are intermixed with lucid behind-the-scenes footage, much as you'd expect, while author Gillian Flynn's participation in the conversation adding a bit of validity (and a tinge of bias) to the comments made about deviating from the source material.