Melissa McCarthy is a whole new person in her upcoming movie Can You Ever Forgive Me? and it might be the best role she’s ever had. She plays a real person in this true story – a curmudgeonly failed New York writer named Lee Israel who became a literary forger out of financial necessity. (Her cat needed expensive surgery.) She’s also an alcoholic with a dour personality and no interest in fashion. But she’s clever, and starts forging amusing letters, supposedly written by Oscar Wilde, Dorothy Parker, and other notables – they sell to collectors for a high price. Her adventures and eccentric friend played by Richard E Grant make for a smart and amusing comedy/drama.
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Sounds better than all the other garbage films she has been in.
……………SHE LOST 234 POUNDS?
Don’t people also rob banks out of ‘financial necessity’?
How predictable for Hollywood to celebrate the DECEPTIVE ARTS of some woman named Israel.
She looked better as sean spicer than any other character she’s played.
How many failed movies in a row has she had?
Some talent doesn’t translate to the big screen and some actors need to be in ensemble projects to shine.