he'll probably lose out out to mahershali ali, but who knows?, the story of lee israel, an author who couldn't get published, so she started forging letters from famous literary figures, noel coward and dorothy parker. she found out she got quite good at it. she describes herself in the film by saying "i'm a better dorothy parker than dorothy parker." richard e grant is jack hock, the character she fakes the letters for. a lot of people say the character he plays in this is like withnail and i, but it's not because that character was needy. in this, he puts up a lot of front because he's got a lot of anxieties. she is fantastic. a couple of reviews have said it is a revelation. it's not a revelation, she was in dramatic theatre for a number of years. if you look at thing like st vincent, she's always had a dramatic underpinning. this was co—writen by nicole holofcener, who was initially going to direct it. this was brought to the screen in a very likeable form. i like the chemistry between them. nora ephron's name comes up a lot in the dialogue