Movie Profile: I CARE A LOT
| Attribute | Details |
| Title | I Care a Lot |
| Release Date | September 12, 2020 (TIFF) • February 19, 2021 (Netflix) |
| Director & Writer | J Blakeson (The Disappearance of Alice Creed) |
| Producers | J Blakeson, Teddy Schwarzman, Ben Stillman, Michael Heimler |
| Genre | Crime, Thriller |
| Runtime | 118 minutes |
| Platform / Distributor | Netflix / Amazon Prime Video (International) |
| Lead Cast |
• 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) |
| Accolades & Honors | • Golden Globe Awards (2021): Won Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical (Rosamund Pike) |
Trailer
Plot Overview
Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike) is a ruthless professional court-appointed guardian who operates a lucrative scam exploiting elderly citizens. By bribing a corrupt physician to declare wealthy seniors unfit to care for themselves, Marla obtains legal guardianship over them, forces them into assisted-living facilities, cuts off their family contact, and auctions off their assets for her personal profit.
Marla and her business partner/lover Fran (Eiza González) target Jennifer Peterson (Dianne Wiest), a wealthy retiree with no apparent living relatives or family baggage. Marla easily obtains guardianship and confines Jennifer to a care home, immediately beginning to liquidate her home and safety deposit boxes.
However, Marla soon discovers that Jennifer is far from a helpless victim. She is actually the mother of Roman Lunyov (Peter Dinklage), a powerful and dangerous Russian mob boss. When Roman’s legal threats fail to intimidate Marla into releasing his mother, a brutal, high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse erupts between the ruthless legal scammer and the ruthless mobster.
