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Can You Ever Forgive Me?
2018
· Movie
· 106 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1202
- IMDb #2022
- Google retired #1664
- Rotten Tomatoes #630
- Metacritic #449
- Letterboxd #1628
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #83
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1598
- Metacritic Critics #273
- Metacritic Audience #1201
- Criticker #1084
- Kinopoisk #3224
- AlloCiné #2193
- Trakt #2422
Every rating
57–98
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 57, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 98. Critics average 92, everyone else 73.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A once-successful biographer finds herself struggling financially and professionally. Desperate, she discovers she has a talent for forging letters from famous literary figures. The money from selling these counterfeits provides a lifeline, and she soon plunges deep into the criminal world of literary deception, finding a strange sense of purpose in her fraud.
Details
- Director
- Marielle Heller
- Writers
- Jeff Whitty, Nicole Holofcener
- Based on
- Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel
- Studio
- Archer Gray, TSG Entertainment
- Released
- 19 October 2018
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $8.6M
- Awards
- 32 wins, 44 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (60) →
Awards & nominations
See all 76 →3 major awards won · 32 wins from 76 nominations across 34 ceremonies
| Independent Spirit Awards 2019 | Best Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Winner |
| Independent Spirit Awards 2019 | Best Supporting Male | Richard E. Grant | Winner |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 2019 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2019 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2019 | Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2019 | Best Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2019 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2019 | Best Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
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Independent Spirit Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Winner |
| Best Supporting Male | Richard E. Grant | Winner |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Winner |
Academy Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actress – Motion Picture, Drama | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Richard E. Grant | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Richard E. Grant | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
6 nominations, 3 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Winner |
| Best Woman Director | Marielle Heller | Winner |
| Best Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
| Best Woman Screenwriter | Nicole Holofcener | Nominee |
| Bravest Performance | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
Boston Society of Film Critics
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Winner |
Florida Film Critics Circle
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Richard E. Grant | Winner |
| Best Actress – Motion Picture, Drama | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Online Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Winner |
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Montecito Award | Melissa McCarthy | Winner |
| Virtuoso Award | Richard E. Grant | Winner |
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Winner |
Austin Film Critics Association
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Winner |
| Best Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Winner |
| Best Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Nominee |
San Diego Film Critics Society
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Winner |
| Best Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Nominee |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Winner |
| Best Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Nominee |
Golden Raspberry Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Razzie Redeemer Award | Melissa McCarthy | Winner |
London Film Critics' Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Winner |
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top 10 Films | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Winner |
Palm Springs International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Spotlight Award | Melissa McCarthy | Winner |
Seattle Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Winner |
Women's Image Network Awards
4 nominations
| Feature Film | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Nominee |
| Film Produced By a Woman | Anne Carey and Amy Nauiokas | Nominee |
| Film Written By a Woman | Nicole Holofcener | Nominee |
| Lead Actress Feature Film | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Richard E. Grant | Nominee |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Nominee |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
3 nominations
| Best Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Nominee |
Detroit Film Critics Society
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Nominee |
Houston Film Critics Society
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Nominee |
Toronto Film Critics Association
2 nominations
| Best Actress | Melissa McCarthy | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Richard E. Grant | Nominee |
GLAAD Media Award
1 nomination
| Outstanding Film – Limited Release | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Nominee |
Gotham Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Richard E. Grant | Nominee |