Critical Score:  85

Starring:  Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant

Director:  Marielle Heller

Very well directed and performed comedy/drama based on the true story and book of the same name.  Lee Israel (McCarthy) began forging letters from famous authors and selling them to book stores, collectors, historians, etc.  It’s estimated that she sold around 400 such artifacts.  Amazing that she got away with it for so long, but was finally called to testify and admitted to her crimes.  Her friend Jack (Grant) who was homeless and fairly helpless added  some color to Lee’s circumstance.  Fun to watch just to see who Lee was, how she lived her life (after publishing a NYT bestseller) and how all of Lee’s criminal behavior was going to end.