Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Her greatest work will be her biggest crime.

6.820181h 46mReleased

Drama

Crime

Comedy

Overview

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date2018-10-19

Runtime1h 46m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

Revenue$8,586,944

Keywords

new york city

based on novel or book

Videos

5 total

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Cast & Crew

Melissa McCarthy

as Lee Israel

Richard E. Grant

as Jack Hock

Dolly Wells

as Anna

Ben Falcone

as Alan Schmidt

Gregory Korostishevsky

as Andrei

Jane Curtin

as Marjorie

Stephen Spinella

as Paul

Christian Navarro

as Kurt

Pun Bandhu

as Agent Doyle

Erik LaRay Harvey

as Agent Solanas

Reviews

Rodney Wollam

Nov 10, 2018

9/10

Lee Israel was selfish, cold, sad, and disreputable. She was also really fun to know. Sookie nails this one.

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Gimly

Feb 26, 2019

6/10

Mad props to Melissa McCarthy for turning it around with this after _Happytime Murders_ and _Life of the Party_. Actually after basically every single thing I've seen her in up until this point. I honestly can't think of a single role I've liked her in. Until Lee Israel of course, because as her, in this, McCarthy is great. Respect for Richard E…

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