Review of Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018) by Allison Shoemaker for Consequence of Sound — 19 Oct 2018

Its moments of creativity and daring, while effective and elevating, never even approach the audacity of the subject on which they center, and it’s easy to wish that Heller had pressed down a bit more firmly on the gas.

But the overall effect is so simply pleasing, the performances so honest and engaging, and the story, frankly, so worthy of an earnest what the fuck? that it’s hard to work up the steam for any kind of complaint.

It all works, and works well.