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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Lin M

So this is peak Hollywood. We're suppose to root for a predator that praise on the old and weak because she's a lesbian? Really? How out of touch can you be? Then how they portrait the mafia. Really? So the mafia (criminals that don't care about the law) get short changed by someone that's a predator using the law? We can't kill someone that is nothing but a nuisance in the eyes of the mob? Really? So if you're a lesbian you are above the law, the mafia and the entire underworld. As if criminals haven't killed Presidents before? F%€&ck I HATE this movie. And it's 2 hours long. It had my blood boiling in the first 20 minutes because the "heroes" are predators and then the rest of the movie happened

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/08/25

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Ni K

This movie started well. Interesting premise. It then turned into ridiculous girl power, that fails to get you to support the villain. Common stupid inaccuracies like tasers making people pass out. The very last minute tries to redeem this mess of a movie, but I was already over it.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/07/25

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Mark H

What a self destructive film. The most annoying ending i've ever seen!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/07/25

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Theo S

Let’s be clear. All the builtup for nothing it started off very good. Acting is nice but common you are giving the protagonists plot armor and it is not even funny. Literally this movie shouldn’t exits. DO NOT WATCH THIS YOU ARE GOING TO REGRET IT!!!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/07/25

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Bo J

I made an account to leave this film 0.5 Star. I love Peter Dinklage & was disappointed to see him in this heep of crap. I'm very happy they paid him millions of dollars as this film lost nearly 13 million dollars globally lol

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/07/25

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Rgj M

Some of my favorite actors but I have never ever wanted a main character to die more than I did Marla. The story just made my skin crawl. Really well made and will performed and truly disturbing.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/20/24

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J Blakeson

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Roman Lunyov

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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
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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