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Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Drama · Crime · Comedy · 2018

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.

Movie details

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

“Her greatest work will be her biggest crime.”

2018 Drama · Crime · Comedy 1h 46m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.1 / 10

58.2K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

98 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

87 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

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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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Can You Ever Forgive Me??

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Marielle Heller

Written by

Nicole Holofcener · Jeff Whitty

Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy

Lee Israel

Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant

Jack Hock

Dolly Wells

Dolly Wells

Anna

Ben Falcone

Ben Falcone

Alan Schmidt

Gregory Korostishevsky

Gregory Korostishevsky

Andrei

Jane Curtin

Jane Curtin

Marjorie

Stephen Spinella

Stephen Spinella

Paul

Court is in session

Put Can You Ever Forgive Me? on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.