# Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)

> A disgraced literary biographer turns her gift for ventriloquizing famous writers into a lucrative forgery scheme, finding precarious friendship and dangerous purpose along the way.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/267688

## Facts

- Runtime: 106 min
- Genres: Drama, Crime, Comedy
- Director: Marielle Heller
- Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Ben Falcone, Gregory Korostishevsky, Jane Curtin, Stephen Spinella, Christian Navarro
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4595882/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Mood: sardonic, melancholic, witty, quiet evening, adult movie night

## Synopsis

A struggling biographer resorts to forgery to reclaim her writing career, leading to unexpected friendships and moral dilemmas.

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