Film

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

2018 · 1h 46m · Drama · Crime · Comedy

Her greatest work will be her biggest crime.

IMDb

7.1

Rotten Tomatoes

98%

Metacritic

87

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.

Melissa McCarthy

Lee Israel

Richard E. Grant

Jack Hock

Dolly Wells

Anna

Ben Falcone

Alan Schmidt

Gregory Korostishevsky

Andrei

Jane Curtin

Marjorie

Stephen Spinella

Paul

Christian Navarro

Kurt

Pun Bandhu

Agent Doyle

Erik LaRay Harvey

Agent Solanas

Brandon Scott Jones

Glen

Shae D'Lyn

Nell

Rosal Colon

Rachel

Anna Deavere Smith

Elaine

Marc Evan Jackson

Lloyd

Marcella Lowery

Guest at Party

• Marielle HellerDirector
• Nicole HolofcenerScreenplay
• Jeff WhittyScreenplay
• Anne CareyProducer
• Amy NauiokasProducer
• David YarnellProducer
• Jawal NgaExecutive Producer
• Pamela HirschExecutive Producer
• Bob BalabanExecutive Producer
• Brandon TrostDirector of Photography

Official Trailer

Release date

October 19, 2018

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

R

Revenue

$8,586,944

Genres

Drama, Crime, Comedy

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