Can You Ever Forgive Me?

2018
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1 Std. 46 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,1/10

57.190

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Richard E. Grant and Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

When bestselling celebrity biographer Lee Israel 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.

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Docudrama Period Drama True Crime Biography Comedy Crime Drama

Als Lee Israel mit dem aktuellen Geschmack aus dem Takt kommt, verwandelt sie ihre Kunstform in Täuschung.Als Lee Israel mit dem aktuellen Geschmack aus dem Takt kommt, verwandelt sie ihre Kunstform in Täuschung.Als Lee Israel mit dem aktuellen Geschmack aus dem Takt kommt, verwandelt sie ihre Kunstform in Täuschung.

Regie
- Marielle Heller
Drehbuch
- Nicole Holofcener
- Jeff Whitty
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,1/10

57.190

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Regie
- Marielle Heller
Drehbuch
- Nicole Holofcener
- Jeff Whitty
Hauptbesetzung

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Für 3 Oscars nominiert
- 54 Gewinne & 102 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
A pile of Lee Israel books ("Beyond the Magic", an unauthorized biography of Estée Lauder) are shown on sale at a bookstore for 75% off. Lauder was publishing her own memoirs and initially tried to pay Israel *not* to write her book, but she refused and rushed her book to publication. The autobiography was released in October 1985 and Israel's biography one month later. The book buying public chose to buy the Lauder autobiography rather than the Israel biography. Lee Israel later said she regretted not taking the money when it was first offered.

Patzer
A couple of times we see the characters sitting in a bar, while a snowstorm is obviously occurring outside, but when they walk outside, there isn't any snow on the ground at all.

Zitate
Marjorie: You can be an asshole if you're famous. You can't be unknown and be such a bitch, Lee.

Crazy Credits
As the closing credits start, they move to the left side of the screen and information about the protagonists appears on the right.

Alternative Versionen
Ahead of the film's release in Australia, the distributor chose to pre-cut the film in order to obtain an M classification. These changes removed detail of hard drug misuse (cocaine snorting) through re-framing, and also removed the film's sole use of very strong language by re-dubbing the term with a milder phrase. The uncut international version was later approved for a DVD/Video release with an uncut MA15+ classification.

Verbindungen
Featured in The Graham Norton Show: Eddie Redmayne/Jude Law/Melissa McCarthy/Emma Stone/Rick Astley (2018)

Soundtracks
I Thought Of You Last Night
Written by Ralph Freed
Performed by Jeri Southern
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

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Ausgewählte Rezension

8/10

Pure New York

I didn't know what to expect with this film. I was very pleasantly surprised. This movie is not a comedy and the performers did a great job of capturing people who are not always made for this world. Melissa McCarthy gives a impressive performance as Lee Israel and Richard Grant is wonderful as her ne'er do well friend and accomplice. I really like the atmosphere and the ability to capture the grit and seediness of New York in the early 90's. Marielle Heller and McCarthy did a fantastic job of taking someone with all the likability of my mother in law and making her sympathetic.