Normally, when a person has to make the decision to transition their aging loved one into a nursing home, the conclusion is reached after a ton of discussion and emotional conversations. That’s not the case in the upcoming film, “I Care A Lot.”
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As seen in the trailer for the film, “I Care A Lot” stars Rosamund Pike as Marla Grayson, a professional guardian of older people that turns a profit from shipping off folks to nursing homes and cashing out with their other possessions. It’s a pretty profitable business that turns a bit scary when her latest mark happens to be someone with…uh, violent connections.
Joining Pike in the film are Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Chris Messina, Macon Blair, Alicia Witt, Damian Young, Isiah Whitlock Jr., and Dianne Wiest. “I Care A Lot” comes from writer-director J Blakeson, who previously worked on films such as “The Disappearance of Alice Creed” and “The 5th Wave.”
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“I Care A Lot” arrives on Netflix on February 19. You can watch the trailer below.
Here’s the 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.
