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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 02 Nov 2018

seamlessly intertwines the story of its unscrupulous protagonist with a nostalgic tribute to a bygone literary age…

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By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 02 Nov 2018

Melissa McCarthy's bid for dramatic cred is just nasty enough to be enjoyable, thanks hugely to Richard E…

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By Diane Carson (151) for KDHX (St. Louis) (284) on 02 Nov 2018

McCarthy said she purposely resisted toning down Lee's antisocial, caustic, angry and miserable attributes…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 02 Nov 2018

If McCarthy's Lee Israel never seems as horrible as we keep hearing she is, it is because the actress has allowed us in where others are denied…

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By Alistair Ryder (351) for Gay Essential (53) on 02 Nov 2018

A quietly moving account of a turbulent friendship - with two of the year's most unexpectedly charming performances from both McCarthy and Grant…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 01 Nov 2018

The movie leaps over author biopic clichés to become something incredible…

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By Steve Katz (19) for Bullz-Eye.com (1,091) on 01 Nov 2018

Awards season is always full of biopics like this, but it would be unwise to let this movie pass you by, because it's one of the better ones…

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By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 01 Nov 2018

McCarthy and Grant make for a delicious pair of miscreants in Can You Ever Forgive Me?, a memoir brimming with sharp wit and social observations…

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By Matt Oakes (180) for Silver Screen Riot (180) on 01 Nov 2018

Heller's film is the perfect matinee for a book club seeking cinema…

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By Ken Eisner (445) for Georgia Straight (1,078) on 01 Nov 2018

They find the right balance of dark comedy and underlying sympathy for a character who exhibits little of the slapstick confidence McCarthy…

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By Gary M. Kramer (92) for Philadelphia Gay News (21) on 01 Nov 2018

Can You Ever Forgive Me? is mostly a good time about bad behavior…

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By Bob Bloom (1,124) for Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) (1,017) on 01 Nov 2018

McCarthy embodies a loner, yearning for but afraid to reach a connection…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 01 Nov 2018

A thoroughly engrossing dark comedy...paints such an indelible portrait of this brusque, reckless, caustic, but deeply sad woman that you may…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for The Movie Cricket (81) on 01 Nov 2018

McCarthy channels the pugnacious anger of some of her comic characters into Lee, and it turns out to be a perfect fit…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 01 Nov 2018

While it's corrosively humorous, the film is essentially a fact-based drama with poignant psychological insights about notions like insecurity,…

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By Steve Davis (486) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 01 Nov 2018

Grant punctuates almost every piece of Hock’s dialogue with an absurd gesture or facial expression – the theatricality of his portrayal…

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By Rendy Jones (321) for Rendy Reviews (320) on 01 Nov 2018

This might be the only movie to captivatingly make my pulse pound over someone searching through letters at an archive…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 01 Nov 2018

McCarthy delivers a fascinating performance, richly layered and restrained, and it fits perfectly into an accomplished picture…

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By Rafer Guzman (1,080) for Newsday (2,345) on 01 Nov 2018

McCarthy hits a career high in this funny-sad film about a talented miscreant…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 01 Nov 2018

In addition to its other strengths — serving as a reminder of the kind of small, satisfying movie they don’t make anymore, showcasing the…

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