I Care a Lot (2020)

A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.

Director:

J Blakeson

Writer:

J Blakeson

Stars:

Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González

Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rosamund Pike	...	Marla Grayson
Peter Dinklage	...	Roman Lunyov
Eiza González	...	Fran
Dianne Wiest	...	Jennifer Peterson
Chris Messina	...	Dean Ericson
Isiah Whitlock Jr.	...	Judge Lomax
Macon Blair	...	Feldstrom
Alicia Witt	...	Dr. Amos
Damian Young	...	Sam Rice
Nicholas Logan	...	Alexi Ignatyev
Liz Eng	...	Adelaide
Celeste Oliva	...	Police Detective
Georgia Lyman	...	The Assassin
Moira Driscoll	...	The Jeweler
Gary Tanguay	...	TV Interviewer

Storyline

Poised with sharklike self-assurance, Marla Grayson 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, use with brutal efficiency on their latest "cherry," Jennifer Peterson - 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, Marla is forced to level up in a game only predators can play - one that's neither fair, nor square.

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Plot Keywords:

safety deposit box | escape from a car in water | lesbian relationship | elder abuse | scammer | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

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Certificate:

16

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rosamund Pike and Chris Messina both starred in adaptations of Gillian Flynn novels: Pike in Gone Girl (2014) and Messina in Sharp Objects (2018).

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Goofs

At 13:27 - While discussing Jennifer Peterson's finances Fran states that she has three savings accounts: "All earning monster interest". There is no such thing. The most interest a savings account can earn in 2020 is 0.6% - which means that on one MILLION dollars she would earn only $6,000 dollars interest.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Marla Grayson: [narrating] Look at you. Sitting there. You think you're good people. You're not good people. Trust me, there's no such think as good people.
Marla Grayson: I used to be like you. Thinking that working hard and playing fair would lead to success, and happiness. It doesn't. Playing fair is a joke invented by rich people to keep the rest of us poor. And I've been poor. It doesn't agree with me. Cuz there's two types of people in the world: the people who take, and those gettin' took. Predators and ...
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Connections

References Music and Lyrics (2007)

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Soundtracks

Sunday Will Never Be The Same
Written by Terry Cashman and Gene Pistilli
Performed by Spanky & Our Gang

User Reviews

Not worth the watch

This moving started out promising..... it lied. Around the last 20 minutes of this film is absolute trash, expect maybe the very last scene

Details

Official Sites:

Netflix Site Official Facebook

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 February 2021 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Аферистка

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,274,341

Company Credits

Production Co:

Black Bear Pictures, Crimple Beck

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1