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Can You Ever Forgive Me?

2018, Movie, 1h 46min

When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.

Country: United States

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Reviews

Critic Benjamin Lee

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...it’s such a joy to spend this time with McCarthy, drunkenly scheming and grumbling...

Read full review at The Guardian

Minttu Heimovala

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Very good movie with fantastic performances from both of the leads. Based on a true story and the book by Lee Israel. It got nominated for 3 Oscars at the time and yes, 2 of them were for the performances of these two. And the third on? It was for...

3 years ago

Critic Michael Ordona

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...a feast for lovers of certain literary figures, as Lee captures their voices so skillfully.

Read full review at Common Sense Media

Critic Ian Freer

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...a funny, poignant portrait of marginalised lives marinated in melancholy.

Read full review at Empire

Critic David Jenkins

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Melissa McCarthy and Richard E Grant are on top form...

Read full review at Little White Lies

Critic Tim Robey

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Melissa McCarthy and Richard E Grant's tragicomic fraudsters are genuinely fantastic.

Read full review at The Telegraph

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A struggling celebrity biographer, Lee Israel, resorts to forgery when her writing career declines. She and her loyal friend, Jack, deceive collectors by creating fake letters from famous authors and selling them at high prices. As their scheme becomes more elaborate and profitable, the FBI starts to investigate. Can they keep their scam going without getting caught? Based on a true story.

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You can stream Can You Ever Forgive Me? on: Disney+

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