‘I Care a Lot’ is actually a 2020 American dark comedy and thriller movie written and also directed by J Blakeson. The movie stars Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Chris Messina, Macon Blair, Alicia Witt, Damian Young, with Isiah Whitlock Jr. and Dianne Wiest. It follows a court-appointed guardian who seizes the assets of elderly people for her own, only for her to get mixed up with a dangerous gangster.
This particular movie has received generally positive reviews, with praise for Rosamund Pike’s performance in it. It has garnered a lot of excitement. The movie leaped to the summit of Netflix’s top 10, a big accomplishment for a non-franchise original film from the streaming service.
What ‘I Care A Lot’ Is About
It is about Marla Grayson who is concocted a terrifying but mostly legal scam. She bribes medical professionals to declare older people legally unfit to look after themselves and then fools gullible judges into appointing her as their legal guardian. Once she becomes their guardian, she places them in nursing homes, often against their will, and immediately sets about liquidating their assets to pay herself. Marla lives well, drives nice cars, has a sharp bob, and wears incredible, bold suits. She and her business partner and lover Fran are pictures of sexy, sophisticated living. Their scam is going great!
But Marla’s grift takes an unexpected turn when a slimy doctor helps her land a ‘cherry’, an older woman who is extremely rich and has no family. Marla believes she’s hit the jackpot after she’s appointed to be the guardian for Jennifer who, it turns out, is not who she says she is, and “uh oh” she’s connected to the Russian Mafia, led by the powerful crime boss Roman Lunyov.
What Can Be Said About ‘I Care A Lot’
It is such a stylish thriller movie that deals with an everyday issue of “what to do with our elders…and are they safe?” Beautifully filmed scenes of Boston neighborhoods and sky views of wooded New England areas and the city. It had just enough violence so that people didn’t have to leave the room to avoid seeing the gruesomeness of it. An amazing twist at the end that everyone would not expect it. Beautifully acted by all actors, they wove you into their respective parts. It is a great movie to put on everyone’s binge list to watch.
Rosamund Pike really gives a towering performance in this rollercoaster ride of a movie about a particularly nasty form of the grift.
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