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

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.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 23, 2024

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Elamin Abdelmahmoud

BuzzFeed News

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

Dec 17, 2021

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Guy Lodge

Film of the Week

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.

Mar 23, 2021

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Jillian Chilingerian

Offscreen With Jillian

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?

Aug 22, 2023

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Elissa Suh

Moviepudding

Cinematically frustrating...

Aug 21, 2023

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Zach Pope

Zach Pope Reviews

I CARE A LOT IS AWESOME

Jul 26, 2023

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Marcha T

This had potential, but squandered it. Writing was terrible. No character was even slightly likeable. Save your time and skip it.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/24/25

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Audience Member

Worst movie ever. Great acting but a truly horrible story about a horrible person. I wanted that person to lose. So cruel, so disgusting. No one to root for and the end just made me sick. Horrible horrible horrible. Did I say horrible? I wish I never watched it. I feel dirty and ill.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/24/25

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Ti H.

The movie reminds me more of A Clockwork Orange, which is also very dark with no redeeming characters. The scare of this movie is: "what if" someone gamed the system like Marla does? I don't doubt in some small sub-culture this person exists. And that is scary.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/23/25

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george c

I wish i could give this movie negative stars. I literally went back to this movie pulled up the credits just to find the name of the director of this movie so i know who is to blame when I pour bleach in my eyes for such a wasted potential of a movie ive ever seen in my life. Wasteful.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/20/25

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eli a

Great actors. The movie delivers nothing but frustration and the disappointment of a worthy challenge between characters that never comes.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/04/25

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Rahul B

The characters are completely unlikeable. The writing is bad. Waste of actor talents. Not funny, no drama, unclear motivation

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/03/25

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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.

Director: J Blakeson
Producer: J Blakeson, Michael Heimler, Teddy Schwarzman, Ben Stillman
Screenwriter: J Blakeson
Production Co: Black Bear Pictures, Crimple Beck
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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