I saw Can You Ever Forgive Me? with Melissa McCarthy over the weekend. Really quite good, and not much of a comedy, although there is some humor at times. It's a straight drama based on a true story. McCarthy plays the cantankerous lead exceptionally well, and gets some help from the always entertaining Richard E Grant who pretty much reprises his famous role in Withnail and I. Thoroughly entertaining, with solid storytelling and some interesting emotional moments, but it really is McCarthy's performance that makes this movie work so well. Gone are her trademark comedic moves, and in place is a fully developed character. It doesn't feel like you are watching McCarthy, which is hard to accomplish. It's like if Will Ferrell didn't act like Will Ferrell in a movie, which he sort of did in Stranger Than Fiction. This movie reminds me of that, but much less funny of course.
Anyway, go see it. It's good.
8.5/10
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