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I Care a Lot, written and directed by J Blakeson, is a capable crime thriller, an intermittently successful comedy, and, as the critics are paid so meagerly to “unpack” for us, a searing indictment of late capitalism.
We’ve all seen this movie. Start with some sententious voice-over about what you have to be, become, do, be willing to do, or be ready to compromise if you really want to make it in the United States. Then, show your antihero engaging in the sort of straightforwardly criminal, sociopathic activity that almost nobody has to resort to in order to make it in the U.S. Make everything look like a car commercial. Make everyone look like a real estate agent. Make them have sex on cash or
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Writer-director J Blakeson (The Disappearance of Alice Creed) helms this infuriating black comedy about professional conservator Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike), who uses the legal system to gain guardianship of the elderly to swindle them out of their money under the guise of caring for them. When she sets her sights on Jennifer Peterson (Dianne Wiest), Marla attracts the attention of Mafia boss Roman Lunyov (Peter Dinklage), Jennifer s son, setting in motion a cat-and-mouse game as Roman tries to leverage for his mother s release while Marla attempts to extort him for $10 million. (118 min.) click to enlarge
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