Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
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Her greatest work will be her biggest crime.
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.
- Released: 2018-10-19
- Genres: Drama, Crime, Comedy
- Runtime: 1h 46m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10 from 1,386 votes
Directed by Marielle Heller.
Top cast
- Melissa McCarthy as Lee Israel
- Richard E. Grant as Jack Hock
- Dolly Wells as Anna
- Ben Falcone as Alan Schmidt
- Gregory Korostishevsky as Andrei
- Jane Curtin as Marjorie
- Stephen Spinella as Paul
- Christian Navarro as Kurt
- Pun Bandhu as Agent Doyle
- Erik LaRay Harvey as Agent Solanas
Where to watch Can You Ever Forgive Me?
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- United Kingdom: stream on Disney Plus; rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store
- Canada: stream on Disney Plus; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
- Australia: stream on Disney Plus; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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