With her razor-sharp blonde bob, monochromatic suits, and ever-present vape pen, Marla is a woman driven by cold, hard ambition.
Pike’s Marla Grayson is the towering embodiment of unchecked avarice within a system that’s ripe for exploitation. Blakeson, whose previous films include the stylish mystery “The Disappearance of Alice Creed” as well as the derivative dystopian YA thriller “ The 5th Wave,” has said he was inspired and enraged by stories he read about predatory guardians taking advantage of voiceless victims. But it’s also so infuriating that you probably couldn’t stomach watching the whole thing were it not for the riveting lead performance from Rosamund Pike. The grift is impressive in “I Care a Lot,” writer/director J Blakeson’s pitch-black comedy.
And once all the pieces are in place, the guardian is free to drain this unsuspecting woman of every penny she’s got.
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