Can You Ever Forgive Me

2019 • 106 minutes
4.5
21 reviews
98%
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About this movie

Melissa McCarthy is masterful in the captivating account — based on a true story — of Lee Israel, a best-selling celebrity biographer in the 1970s and ’80s. When Lee (McCarthy) comes to the realisation that she’s no longer en vogue, she spins her art form into a perilous web of lies, deceit and outright crime to get back on top.

Ratings and reviews

4.5
21 reviews
Jason Day
June 4, 2019
This finely caustic comedy about an area not often touched upon by cinema - literary fraud - features two superbly odious performances from Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant. I loved this movie, but felt that the trailers gave me everything I needed and the feature was just padding. For more, see my full review: bit.ly/canyouforgiveme
Carole Stiles
August 17, 2019
enjoyable, Melissa McCarthy never disappoints, well worth watching.
A Google user
February 10, 2019
Excellent. One of the best this year already. Seen it 3 times. Never gets old.