Marla lives well, drives nice cars, has a sharp bob, and wears incredible, bold suits. Once she becomes their guardian, she places them in nursing homes, often against their will, and immediately sets about liquidating their assets to pay herself. The film follows Marla Grayson (Pike), who’s concocted a terrifying but mostly legal scam: She bribes medical professionals to declare older people legally unfit to look after themselves and then fools gullible judges into appointing her as their legal guardian. But underneath it all, I Care a Lot is frustrating and vacuous, all setup and no follow-through, a movie so unsure of what it wants to be that it ends up amounting to very little. The film also bears all the hallmarks of our reigning affection for a good scammer tale: It has the cool aesthetics, the reveal of a loophole to be exploited, and the heart-pounding exhilaration of waiting for the scammer’s downfall. I Care a Lot appears to wade into a shocking topic, building on stories like this startling and infuriating 2017 New Yorker investigation into conservatorship abuse of older adults. The buzz about the movie is not a surprise. Critics are all in too, calling it “ shockingly funny,” “ wildly entertaining,” and a “ searing swipe at late-stage capitalism.” Some people have even made fan art (honestly, really good fan art) celebrating the work, and Pike is a frontrunner at this weekend’s Golden Globes for her performance. The movie leaped to the summit of Netflix’s top 10, a big accomplishment for a non-franchise original film from the streaming service. I Care a Lot, Netflix’s new movie starring Rosamund Pike, has garnered a lot of excitement.
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