I Care a Lot

Name: I Care a Lot
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Released: February 19, 2021
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 66
Cast: Alicia Witt, Celeste Oliva, Chris Messina, Damian Young, Dianne Wiest

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): February 19, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Alicia Witt, Celeste Oliva, Chris Messina, Damian Young, Dianne Wiest, Eiza González, Isiah Whitlock Jr, Janelle Feigley, Liz Eng, Macon Blair, Nicholas Logan, Peter Dinklage, Rosamund Pike, Scoot McNairy

Summary: Poised with sharklike self-assurance, Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike) is a professional, court-appointed guardian for dozens of elderly wards whose assets she seizes and cunningly bilks through dubious but legal means. It’s a well-oiled racket that Marla and her business-partner and lover Fran (Eiza González) use with brutal efficiency onPoised with sharklike self-assurance, Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike) is a professional, court-appointed guardian for dozens of elderly wards whose assets she seizes and cunningly bilks through dubious but legal means. It’s a well-oiled racket that Marla and her business-partner and lover Fran (Eiza González) use with brutal efficiency on their latest “cherry,” Jennifer Peterson (Dianne Wiest) — a wealthy retiree with no living heirs or family. But when their mark turns out to have an equally shady secret of her own and connections to a volatile gangster (Peter Dinklage), Marla is forced to level up in a game only predators can play — one that’s neither fair, nor square. [Netflix]… Expand

Director: J Blakeson

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 118 min

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Brian Truitt

Feb 19, 2021

On one hand, the core conceit – about elderly people suffering thanks to crooks and legal loopholes – is upsetting and infuriating on the surface. But Blakeson puts such a colorful, over-the-top sheen on it, plus lets Pike and Dinklage loose on each other, that you can’t help but be entertained by the criminal carnage and extreme shenanigans. Read full review

Noel Murray

Feb 16, 2021

I Care A Lot isn’t some brilliantly subversive social satire. It’s a tightly constructed, masterfully acted, lightly stylish little caper picture, which revels in just how mean it can be. It’s not essential, and it’s not for everybody. But for those who prefer their pulp to carry the faint aroma of moral rot, this movie is a real treat. Read full review

Empire Terri White

Feb 18, 2021

A pitch-black, punchy satire on capitalism and care homes with lip-smacking performances from Rosamund Pike and Peter Dinklage. Read full review

Jacob Oller

Feb 19, 2021

Some of the film’s punchy dialogue pops us on the nose now and again with its Themes (specifically its notes on sexism and the American Dream), but if you’re willing to look past that and a contrived half-hour detour, I Care A Lot is a savvy and wicked endeavor peppered with personality. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Sep 15, 2020

Nothing Blakeson gives us is necessarily new or unique, but his ability to put it all together into this very American capitalist greed package is fresh enough to enjoy that familiarity for its sheer hilarity. Read full review

Mark Kermode

Feb 21, 2021

The result is a nicely nasty tragicomedy, a rollercoaster ride that swaps real moral dilemmas for something more disposably entertaining, picking you up, spinning you around and then spitting you out with a neat sucker-punch ending that leaves you feeling entertained, if a little bit empty. Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

Feb 18, 2021

I defer to no one in my admiration for Ms. Pike and her fellow cast members, but it’s no fun watching them soldier on through this heavy-handed and mean-spirited charade. I Care a Lot is a good title for the film that might have been. In the film that is, you can’t find anyone to care about. Read full review

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claramarieh

Mar 28, 2021

There are a lot of plot twists and it has a gripping storyline. I really enjoyed it.

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JLuis_001

Feb 19, 2021

Can't help but seeing it as if this would have been Amy Dunne's line of work if she had never gotten back with Nick.

Not a bad thing to mention, but it's just an observation of how Rosamund Pike flirts with the same mannerisms.

I was expecting more though.

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greisl

Dec 26, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this movie could've been so good, that's such a good, original idea, but falls in the generic strong woman movie catagory, she is like a superwoman, everything works out with such ease for her, and the best part of the movie is when she finally dies… Expand

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Necrucifer

Apr 8, 2021

I've never hated a movies protagonist's more than this, Not only did they go full Marie Sue on us, but the circumstances of which things happened would have been one in a trillion. Worst yet was the lingering feeling I got that the story was already happening in reality to a degree and thisI've never hated a movies protagonist's more than this, Not only did they go full Marie Sue on us, but the circumstances of which things happened would have been one in a trillion. Worst yet was the lingering feeling I got that the story was already happening in reality to a degree and this was hollywoods attempt at normalizing and indoctrinating this type of behavior. HOT GARBAGE WASTE OF TIME… Expand

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d-lux

Jan 4, 2022

Another film glorifying sociopathy while pretending to blahblahblah. Shameless. Not in subject matter, but in treatment.

A film with no redeemable characters--a fiction with only Iagos--is not only a dramatic failure, but in its sexy, rationalizing treatment, a moral failure. If yourAnother film glorifying sociopathy while pretending to blahblahblah. Shameless. Not in subject matter, but in treatment.

A film with no redeemable characters--a fiction with only Iagos--is not only a dramatic failure, but in its sexy, rationalizing treatment, a moral failure. If your partner gave this a 10, consider reading The Sociopath Next Door.… Expand

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Nicantutan

Feb 21, 2021

Absolute piece of garbage. Horrible writing, horrible acting. Please do not waste your time with this rubbish movie. I'd rather watch 7 year olds play football than this f*cking piece of sh*t

2 of 4 users found this helpful22

scottjobe

Feb 24, 2021

This movie sucks. Glorifying the worst human ever. Whoever wrote this movie should wind up in a home

4 of 5 users found this helpful41

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