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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 22, 2021 17:17:54 GMT
I saw it on Amazon Prime. Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) and Dianne Wiest star. The main character is a woman who runs a “guardianship” business. She gets the courts to appoint her as guardian of elderly people who may be starting to show signs of not being able to take care of themselves. Once she is their legal guardian, she controls their property and savings and can legally use their own money to pay herself hefty management fees. With the help of corrupt doctors and nursing homes administrators, her wards are trapped and have no way to get out of it. Then one day she finds a mark who is not the easy prey she appears to be…
Lots of 1s on IMDb but those seem to be from people who can't handle that the protagonist is an utterly amoral character. That is indeed a bit strange to watch, but as far as I am concerned it didn't affect my enjoyment.
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Post by hi224 on Feb 22, 2021 20:42:20 GMT
I saw it on Amazon Prime. Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) and Dianne Wiest star. The main character is a woman who runs a “guardianship” business. She gets the courts to appoint her as guardian of elderly people who may be starting to show signs of not being able to take care of themselves. Once she is their legal guardian, she controls their property and savings and can legally use their own money to pay herself hefty management fees. With the help of corrupt doctors and nursing homes administrators, her wards are trapped and have no way to get out of it. Then one day she finds a mark who is not the easy prey she appears to be…
Lots of 1s on IMDb but those seem to be from people who can't handle that the protagonist is an utterly amoral character. That is indeed a bit strange to watch, but as far as I am concerned it didn't affect my enjoyment.
IMDB is a very questionable place to view ratings.
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Post by HumanFundRecipient on Feb 24, 2021 10:56:35 GMT
I saw it on Amazon Prime. Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) and Dianne Wiest star. The main character is a woman who runs a “guardianship” business. She gets the courts to appoint her as guardian of elderly people who may be starting to show signs of not being able to take care of themselves. Once she is their legal guardian, she controls their property and savings and can legally use their own money to pay herself hefty management fees. With the help of corrupt doctors and nursing homes administrators, her wards are trapped and have no way to get out of it. Then one day she finds a mark who is not the easy prey she appears to be…
Lots of 1s on IMDb but those seem to be from people who can't handle that the protagonist is an utterly amoral character. That is indeed a bit strange to watch, but as far as I am concerned it didn't affect my enjoyment.
Yep. And among those one star reviews are the words "I started an account to write this", which isn't as common for positive reviews. I, for one, upon the instant viewing because of those reviews, watched I Care a Lot for Rosamund Pike's role with similarities to a certain character of hers named Amy Elliott Dunne. What you can't fault her for is her ambition, though the price is paid by the families of each person on her office wall. Its a 7/10 for me. Far from "worst movie ever", also found in the reviews of some of those newly established accounts. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Feb 24, 2021 22:05:50 GMT
Assumed this was a series
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Post by joekiddlouischama on Mar 20, 2021 10:06:34 GMT
I viewed I Care a Lot last night on Netflix and deem it "decent." It held my attention in a light, superficial sort of way, as the movie is technically effective and efficient, with an electronica-type score from Marc Canham standing out. There are two main flaws, though. First, the plot's premise is essentially absurd—without any explanation, and without any obvious or evident dystopia, US civil courts suddenly enjoy authoritarian clout that can annihilate individual liberties. Granted, the movie is a comedy of sorts, but even in a comedy, there has to be some credibility to the premise. Moreover, I Care a Lot would better be described as a comedic mystery or a comedic thriller—it is not slapstick or a parody or some sheer spoof. I might add that the decision to make the femmes fatale (Rosamund Pike and Eiza González) lesbians comes across as overly trite, only adding to the sense of weakened narrative credibility.Be that as it may, the film blithely forges forward and manages to work, in part due to its own imperviousness. As I indicated earlier, the filmmaking is confident and competent, with the movie not seeming to care whether its plot premise makes sense or not. Indeed, I Care a Lot could be described as glibly nihilistic or amorally posh. The second major flaw, therefore, comes in its decision to conclude with moral comeuppance. While that comeuppance makes sense structurally and in the abstract, it fails to create much of a payoff, given the picture's tone and style to that point. A movie cannot have matters both ways, but I Care a Lot sort of tries to do so. One might draw a loose analogy to A Cure for Wellness, which I viewed in the theater four years ago. That movie, too, features glossy cinematography and ultimately suggests some sort of allegory (vaguer in that case). I Care a Lot is the better film—less bloated, pretentious, and strained—but glib nihilism does not mesh well with a morality play. A nihilistic movie can certainly amount to an effective moral allegory (think Clint Eastwood's 1973 Western High Plains Drifter or Quentin Tarantino's recent ventures), but not if it has been especially slick along the way. In summation, if you are okay with a movie that features a rather senseless plot and fails to pack the punch that it seeks yet manages to be modestly entertaining just the same, I Care a Lot fits the bill. And in her Golden Globe-winning performance, Pike is strong and elegantly dynamic, as usual. The movie is well-scored, well-edited, and well-shot, but expect little intellect and even less soul. |
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Post by movieliker on May 25, 2021 19:32:38 GMT
I saw it on Amazon Prime. Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister) and Dianne Wiest star. The main character is a woman who runs a “guardianship” business. She gets the courts to appoint her as guardian of elderly people who may be starting to show signs of not being able to take care of themselves. Once she is their legal guardian, she controls their property and savings and can legally use their own money to pay herself hefty management fees. With the help of corrupt doctors and nursing homes administrators, her wards are trapped and have no way to get out of it. Then one day she finds a mark who is not the easy prey she appears to be…
Lots of 1s on IMDb but those seem to be from people who can't handle that the protagonist is an utterly amoral character. That is indeed a bit strange to watch, but as far as I am concerned it didn't affect my enjoyment.
Wow, this movie got a lot of bad reviews on the old IMDb !!! I like Rosamund Pike. I found this movie entertaining. I know, it is not as easy as this movie suggest to commit an elderly person to an old folks home, and steal all their money and assets. But unlike most of the bad reviews, I knew it was a comedy. Not a drama. Most of the bad reviews this movie got are because all the main characters are bad people. And/or because how unrealistic the premise was. It's a dark comedy. That's often what dark comedies are about --- bad people and preposterous situations. Yep, the main characters are all bad people. I was appalled by Marla and Fran's lack of morals, ethics, and their lack of sympathy and empathy for their victims. And the premise is unrealistic. But it's about something many of us may not think about until we are in that situation. So, it did make me think, "Why is this so unrealistic? Could this really happen?" - First of all, it takes more than one doctor and one judge to commit a person to an old folks home and appoint a guardian, if and when that elderly person objects. (I know the elderly are taken of advantage of in real life. But those victims are unable. Jennifer --- played by Dianne Wiest --- was plenty able.) Most elderly people with money have family, friends, associates, lawyers and a team of doctors. And anybody can get a second opinion. She supposedly had no family. But she did have a hotline to the Russian mob. One phone call and that attempt to steal everything she had would be blocked --- without any violence. Nobody can just take away the cellphone of an elderly person without allowing them to make any calls. - Secondly, Marla (Rosamund Pike) had a wall of about 30 to 50 victims. At best she might be able to ensnare one or two victims. But not 30 to 50. - She went from one location with approximately 50 victims in the beginning of the movie, colluding with a doctor, an old folks home and a clueless judge. To going nationwide in the end, partnering with the Russian mob. Where and how was she going to find all the doctors, old folks homes, and judges to assist her in continuing her scam nationwide? Not possible. - And in real life, the Russian mob would not be so easy to deal with. If you crossed them, they would either kill you, torture you, or start cutting off fingers, toes, hands, feet, take one or two eyes, (castrate a man), etc. She got off way too easy. But --- it is supposed to be a dark comedy. That is the way IMDb lists it. That is the way Google lists it. That is what Netflix has it listed as. As a comedy. That was the way I took it. I enjoyed it. But I knew it was unrealistic. I only gave it a 6 out of 10 because it wasn't terribly funny, and it was extremely unrealistic, unbelievable, and somewhat offensive. But knowing it was supposed to be a comedy, I was able to enjoy it --- a little. |
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Post by timshelboy on Jun 20, 2021 20:57:28 GMT
Solid 7 with some wonderful performances and I couldn't really work out where it was going (very little advance info received - the Pike/Wiest combo made it a must see for me) which is always a bonus. Will definitely rewatch. Probably in my best of year top 5.
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