Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

2018 · 107 min · EN · R · 6.8 (1,178 votes)
Dir. Marielle Heller · Starring Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Ben Falcone, Gregory Korostishevsky, Jane Curtin · Music Nate Heller

Her greatest work will be her biggest crime.

DramaCrimeComedy

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.

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This film feels like a worn, beloved book found in a dusty New York apartment. It's a sharply observed character study, blending a melancholic undercurrent with a dry, cynical wit. The atmosphere is authentic and lived-in, capturing the struggle and unexpected camaraderie of outsiders with a unique, darkly comedic charm.

wrymelancholiccynicaldarkly comedicauthenticsteadygritty realismcharacter-driven dramaindie cinemaliterary adaptationauthenticitylonelinessartistic integrityfinancial desperation
new york citybased on novel or bookcatbiographybased on true storyauthoralcoholicwoman directorforgeryfemale writer
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