Melissa McCarthy is masterful in the captivating account тАФ based on a true story тАФ of Lee Israel, a best-selling celebrity biographer in the 1970s and тАЩ80s. When Lee (McCarthy) comes to the realisation that sheтАЩs no longer en vogue, she spins her art form into a perilous web of lies, deceit and outright crime to get back on top.