Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Melissa McCarthy is Lee Israel. She doesn't merely play the part of the down-on-her-luck celebrity biographer, she invades the character. And if she doesn't get an Oscar nomination, the Movie Slut will be pissed.

But back to Lee. We meet her when she can't pay the rent, when she drinks like a lush, when she's alone and friendless (except for her cats) in Manhattan, when her agent tells her to find another way to earn a living. And that's exactly what she does.

Sadly, her new "job" is not exactly on the up and up.

Based on a memoir of the same title, we follow Lee as she gets deeper and deeper into her shady endeavor encouraged by her new, and equally morally challeged pal (a terrific Richard E. Grant).

You'll want to see this movie to find out what happens. 

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