Lee Israel is an outlier among the general population: a sloppy alcoholic with a snarky temper, a writer who's written a book or two, and a New York mom who's not paying her bills. By chance, she discovered that she has the ability and opportunity to forge letters from great literati, and the most important thing is to be able to feed herself and the cats at home. In more than a year, she "authored" 400 letters, and she even used the street ghost Jack to run errands for herself, until the FBI stuffed the court summons in the street. It's a true story, and the movie is based on Lee Israel's 2010 autobiography. In the movie, Lee said a paragraph before accepting the verdict in court, with repentance and confession, but also a revealing of true feelings: doing forgery made her feel her creative ability and value as a human being. Only a few of ordinary people have such a bizarre experience, even for evil. It can make him or her feel the burst of passion and vitality, the vent of self and creation. At this time, their feelings are no different from the famous "home". The director of the film is 39-year-old Marielle Heller, another young female director. I sincerely hope that she and Greta Gerwig (the director of Lady Bird) can maintain their creative abilities. In recent years, there has been an endless stream of good movies featuring women as protagonists, which is a gratifying phenomenon. The heroine of this movie, Melissa MacCarthy, plays an excellent role and portrays an "amateur" criminal very well. What's more important to know is that she is a well-known comedian in the film industry, showing her great potential in this film. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress for the film. British actor Richard - Grant's performance is equally good, in a restaurant to seduce and chat with the waiter, with a lifelike expression on his face.
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