Storyline

Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) made her living in the 1970s and '80s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack (Richard E. Grant). An adaptation of the memoir "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" relays the true story of the best-selling celebrity biographer (and friend to cats).

Plot Keywords

publisher, friend, accomplice, pet, pet cat, triple f rated, f rated, death of pet, female protagonist, destroying evidence, deception, fraud, forgery, cat, lesbian, typewriter, letter, toilet paper, watching tv, watching television

Short Review

This film takes an altogether different view of the imitation game. By embracing frauds and failures, it achieves greatness on the sly.

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