I Care a Lot

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I Care a Lot

R

2020

1h 58m

Comedy

Mystery & Thriller

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Poised with sharklike self-assurance, Marla Grayson (Academy Award nominee 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 (two-time Academy Award winner 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 (Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage), Marla is forced to level up in a game only predators can play -- one that's neither fair, nor square.

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Critics Consensus

A searing swipe at late-stage capitalism, I Care A Lot is an exhilarating pitch black comedy with a wicked performance from Rosamund Pike.

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Audience Says

Rosamund Pike and Peter Dinklage do good work, but they're acting in a dark and ugly story that doesn't give the audience anyone to root for.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

Sep 23, 2024

4/5

It is refreshingly pungent, and as the engine of a crime plot with some truly outrageous twists, Pike gives an outstandingly nasty performance worthy of major attention.

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Elamin Abdelmahmoud

BuzzFeed News

Dec 17, 2021

If the film itself doesn't care to deliver on its own promise, it's hard to imagine why we should care at all.

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Guy Lodge

Film of the Week

Mar 23, 2021

Filmmaking this perversely amoral is never going to be a crowdpleaser, and early responses have been aggressively divided, but I Care a Lot isn't out to be liked: like the best con artists, it gets you caught up in its strut.

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Jillian Chilingerian

Offscreen With Jillian

Aug 22, 2023

I Care A Lot gives us a reality check we haven't had in a while that will leave us wondering: who are the Marlas of the world?

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Elissa Suh

Moviepudding (Substack)

Aug 21, 2023

Cinematically frustrating...

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Zach Pope

Zach Pope Reviews

Jul 26, 2023

I CARE A LOT IS AWESOME

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Michael O

@clincher 3 hrs ago

I’d give zero stars.

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Kay D

@RT31369772 1 day ago

Waste of my time. 2 regular women were able to take down the Russian mafia?? How stupid. Could have been better written.

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Aly G

@Aly13G 3 days ago

Smart and ambitious women turned the broken system into a piggy bank

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S. O

@Col._Angus Aug 21, 2026

One of the dumber executions I can remember, which is unfortunate. They took an interesting premise and turned it into a a female-empowerment fantasy, with several ridiculous plot holes. Even the happy and pleasing ending of the movie couldn't save this woke-era pile of junk

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Isabella F

@RT95220696 Aug 10, 2026

Well done, lots of twists

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Henry D

@Henry_Domke Jun 26, 2026

Fun and great for exercise. Rosamund Pike was terrific, attractive, evil, and funny all at once. Dianne Wiest made a wonderful old character who wasn't as out of it as you'd think, and Peter Dinklage was enjoyably creepy. The music was generic, but almost everything else worked: tight editing, a fun script, strong performances, and a fresh, polished look.

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Synopsis

Poised with sharklike self-assurance, Marla Grayson (Academy Award nominee 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 (two-time Academy Award winner 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 (Golden Globe winner Peter Dinklage), Marla is forced to level up in a game only predators can play -- one that's neither fair, nor square.

Director: J Blakeson
Producer: J Blakeson, Michael Heimler, Teddy Schwarzman, Ben Stillman
Screenwriter: J Blakeson
Production Co: Black Bear Pictures, Crimple Beck, Netflix
Rating: R (Some Violence|Language Throughout)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 19, 2021
Runtime: 1h 58m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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