In I Care a Lot, Rosamund Pike (from Gone Girl) and Peter Dinklage (from Game of Thrones) face off in what at first seems to be an amusing variation of the "criminal accidentally pisses off gangster" genre, but becomes a sort of horror movie along the way.
Pike is Marla Grayson, a court-appointed guardian of senior citizens who has enlisted doctors and nursing home directors in her scheme to loot the estates of seniors who don't really need to be removed from their homes. We quickly see how purely evil she is.
Her latest victim has an unexpected connection to a Very Bad Man (Dinklage), and while we see how evil he is as well, we start rooting for him to give Grayson what she deserves.
The story takes some twists which I won't spoil any further, and great acting made us care (a lot) about what happened to some of the characters (not always in a good way). There were some huge plot holes that made the story far from believable. That did not detract from my enjoyment of the ride, and Susan still found herself engaged and entertained while struggling to accept some of what was happening, but her son Stuart found the last half fairly ridiculous.
We also watched the film with my 97-year old mother, who had shown an interest in the subject matter based on the summary of the film I read to her. Luckily there is no danger of anyone thinking she needs help taking care of herself!
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