Can You Ever Forgive Me?'s reviews
Media reviews
The New Yorker
It?s one of the rare movies that give a cinematic identity to literary creation, that virtually bursts with the athletic pleasure of imagination.
Indiewire
McCarthy elevates the material at every opportunity, and whenever the camera lingers on her expressions, she?s a study in contradictions, tough and tender all at once.
Fotogramas
'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' ends up finding its own place, becoming one of the biggest surprises of the year, it is a curious story that deserves to be discovered.
The Hollywood Reporter
Heller captures a vivid sense of place and time, and the music choices ? favorites from another era, often performed in vibrant new recordings ? provide delightful background. The highlight is Blossom Dearie?s rendition of Henry Mancini?s tune, "Charade,".
Variety
Certainly, Heller shows enormous affection for Lee, whom most of us probably couldn?t stand if we met her on the street. Nor would we want to spend two minutes in her apartment.
The Wrap
The film is an impressive showcase for McCarthy, giving her a role that tests her dramatic chops without being humor-free.
Rolling Stone
Director Marielle Heller, who made a triumphant debut with 2015?s 'The Diary of a Teenage Girl', scores again here. She steeps the movie in the atmospheric flavor of early-1990s Manhattan that reminds you of vintage Woody Allen films and 'Seinfeld'.
The Guardian
In this shaggy, melancholic true story, the Oscar nominee [McCarthy] delivers some of her best work yet as a struggling biographer who finds an unlikely new source of income.
New York Times
Partly because the movie is so splendidly and completely absorbed in its characters and their milieu, it communicates much more than a quirky appreciation for old books and odd readers.
USA Today
Melissa McCarthy does way more than just make us laugh in the darkly comedic biopic 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?': She gives a supremely soulful and career-best performance as an unlikely literary criminal.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote