Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

Directed by

Marielle Heller

Genre

drama film, biographical film, comedy drama, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

R

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 1,359 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A struggling writer in New York starts forging letters from famous dead authors to make money and feels the isolation and mischief of her scheme.

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What happens

Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a 2018 American biographical drama film directed by Marielle Heller, with a screenplay by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty based on the 2008 confessional memoir of the same name by Lee Israel. Melissa McCarthy stars as Israel, and the story follows her attempts to revitalize her failing writing career by forging letters from deceased authors and playwrights. The film also features Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Jane Curtin, Anna Deavere Smith, Stephen Spinella, and Ben Falcone in supporting roles. Israel took the title from an apologetic line in a letter in which she posed as Dorothy Parker. The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2018. It was released in the United States on October 19, 2018, by Fox Searchlight Pictures, grossing $12 million against a production budget of $10 million, and received critical acclaim. The National Board of Review named it as one of the top ten films of 2018, and for their performances, McCarthy and Grant earned nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor, respectively, at the 91st Academy Awards, the 76th Golden Globe Awards, and the 72nd British Academy Film Awards, among other ceremonies. Holofcener and Whitty were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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