When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.
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I must first confess that I was pleasantly surprised by the exceptional performance of the actress Melissa McCarthy who is (was?) almost-systematically accustomed to cinematographic pieces of junk such as , or . I sincerely hope that this film will mark a turn...
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This is a very different story as it for once gives a true life crime story of someone falling into crime to pay the bills and seeing if from their angle without dressing it up or looking for empathy and sympathy for the perpetrator. It is not embellished too...
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I usually don't end up liking Melissa McCarthy films. She is usually in comedies directed by her husband that aren't funny and have nothing good going for it. I was intrigued in seeing her take on a more serious role and one based on an actual biographical per...
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This true-life story set in the 1990s portrays the obnoxious biographer Lee Israel's decent into crime. It's an interesting story, but the prime reason to watch is for an utterly brilliant lead performance by Melissa McCarthy, who manages to make Israel clearl...
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After the abysmal Ghostbusters remake and the endlessly panned Happytime Murders, true fans of McCarthy will be glad to see her redemption in this dramatic turn. McCarthy really shines in her role as author Lee Israel and effortlessly portrays the loneliness a...
