I Care a Lot ending explained and all your questions answered
Is it based on a true story? Let s dive into I Care a Lot s biggest questions. Listen - 04:16
Rosamund Pike won a Golden Globe for her performance as con artist Marla Grayson. Netflix/Amazon Prime
If you ve just finished I Care a Lot, you probably need a moment to let it all sink in. This jam-packed thriller, available on Netflix or Amazon Prime Video depending on your region, has it all: memorable characters, a twist-after-twist plot and Rosamund Pike s invincible Lego haircut. To cap it all off, the story was inspired by real-life events. Let s go through some of I Care a Lot s biggest questions and discuss that shock ending.
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SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers from I Care A Lot and its ending. Read no further if you haven t seen the Netflix movie yet.
I Care A Lot on Netflix is the story of Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike), a woman so ambitious that sheâs willing to exploit the elderly to gain wealth and status. Directed and written by J Blakeson,
I Care A Lot is a black-comedy that satirizes the extremes some people go to to come out on top.
I Care A lot features Rosamund Pike in one of her best performances as the ruthless and cunning Marla, and the film has an equally strong supporting cast made up of Peter Dinklage, Dianne Wiest, and Eiza González. The
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Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike), who is at the center of the slick, darkly comic caper flick, I Care A Lot is one shady lady. She comes off as caring, but watch out! she is crafty. Marla may be a court-appointed legal guardian for the elderly, but she swindles her wards out of their homes and income. She even has a discreet network of accomplices who assist her.
Just watching Marla exhale smoke from vaping suggests she is the devil incarnate, and Pike embraces her devious character with the same ruthlessness as she embraced her Oscar-nominated role in Gone Girl. Marla even says in the film s opening voiceover, Playing fair is a joke invented by rich people to keep the rest of us poor. She is a self-proclaimed lioness not a lamb. She schemes because she has been poor and knows that being rich is better.