106 minutes in English Directed by: Marielle Heller
Rated: R
Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells
Starring Melissa McCarthy in a Golden Globe nominated role, Can You Ever Forgive Me? follows Lee Israel, the best-selling celebrity biographer who made her living in the 1970's and 80's profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn and Estée Lauder. When Lee finds herself unable to get published because she has fallen out of step with the marketplace, she turns her art form to deception. Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a portrait of a talented writer who has lost sight of herself in the words of others. |