3/5 stars
After all, she did make her on-screen debut in a James Bond film, 2002’s
Die Another Day. Since then, she has starred opposite Tom Cruise in
Jack Reacher, shone in both
A United Kingdom and
A Private War, while she even earned a Best Actress Academy Award nomination after stealing every one of her scenes in
Gone Girl.
Yet, her talent is so obvious and endless, it feels as though Pike should be leading a new film every year, and Netflix’s
I Care a Lot is the latest proof of her brilliance on screen.
Clearly the rest of the film industry agrees, too, as she has already been nominated for a Best Actress award at this year’s Golden Globes for her portrayal of the horrendously devious Marla Grayson. The legal guardian to dozens of elderly women, Grayson uses her close relationships with doctors, care home workers and judges to take control of their finances in their final years.