History Film / ICareALot

* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:Fran, at the end]].

* AlasPoorVillain: Make no mistake, [[spoiler:Marla absolutely deserved her violent death at the end. Yet, it feels a little bit tragic as she tries to keep eye contact with Fran as she sobs and cradles her in her arms.]]

** Although she didn't seem as vicious and remorseless as Marla, Fran nonetheless was a full and knowing participant in the scam but receives no comeuppance at the end of the movie. [[spoiler: Yes, Fran had to watch her lover die in her arms, but she was more than likely in Marla's will and received a VERY large some of money and possibly control of the business after her death.]]

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Played with. The first half of the film leads us to believe that Marla is a case of this, and thus wouldn't be capable of truly loving Fran, who was also set up to be a LoveMartyr. [[spoiler: It ends up being averted as Marla and Fran have an actual relationship, and the latter is just as evil as she is.]]

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Played with. The first half of the film leads us to believe that Marla is a case of this, and thus wouldn't be capable of truly loving Fran, who was also set up to be a LoveMartyr. [[spoiler: It ends up being averted hard. Marla and Fran have an actual relationship, and the latter is just as evil as she is.]]

''I Care a Lot'' is a 2020 [[{{Satire}} satirical]] BlackComedy crime thriller film written and directed by J Blakeson. The film stars Creator/RosamundPike, with Creator/EizaGonzalez, Creator/PeterDinklage, Creator/ChrisMessina, Creator/AliciaWitt, Creator/MaconBlair, Creator/DamianYoung and Creator/DianneWiest in supporting roles.

With her business partner and girlfriend Fran (González), Marla targets a pensioner named Jennifer Peterson (Wiest), who is a particularly enticing mark as she has no apparent partner or close family. However, when Jennifer turns out to be far more than meets the eye, several unanticipated connections of hers land Marla in hot water.

With her business partner and girlfriend Fran (Gonzalez), Marla targets a pensioner named Jennifer Peterson (Wiest), who is a particularly enticing mark as she has no apparent partner or close family. However, when Jennifer turns out to be far more than meets the eye, several unanticipated connections of hers land Marla in hot water.

->''"I am a '''fucking''' lioness."''

''I Care a Lot'' is a 2020 BlackComedy crime thriller film written and directed by J Blakeson, about Marla Grayson (Creator/RosamundPike), a corrupt guardian who imprisons her elderly wards in old people's homes, drains their savings, and steals from them. With her business partner and girlfriend Fran (Creator/EizaGonzalez), she targets an apparent "cherry", seemingly normal pensioner Jennifer Peterson (Creator/DianneWiest). However, Jennifer's son Roman (Creator/PeterDinklage) has secrets, and he's hot on Marla and Fran's trail.

!!Tropes:

* AbusiveParents: Implied. Marla is threatened with a video of her mother, she is unfazed and calls her a "fucking sociopath".

* BookEnds: Marla blows off Feldstrom's threats in a parking lot. [[spoiler:He shoots her to death in the parking lot of a news station in the final scene.]]

* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Marla dies in Fran's arms.]]

* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: [[spoiler: Feldstrom shots Marla after his mother [[DyingAlone died alone]] in a care home and he screams that he never had the chance to see her before her passing because of Marla]].

* PsychoLesbian: Subverted. Marla ''is'' evil, and she's a lesbian, but she genuinely loves Fran and their relationship is portrayed as her one and only redeeming quality.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Leans ''heavily'' on the cynical side, with the protagonists being a pair of immoral con artists and the villain being a ruthless Russian gang boss, with a lot of commentary on how late-stage capitalism made monsters out of men and women.

* StrawFeminist: Marla is fond of telling Fran that she won't be intimidated by men or their threats, which overlooks that this man in question is threatening Marla because his mom is left alone, terrified, and without anyone to help her. [[spoiler:She pays for this.]]

* TheUnsmile: The care home workers greet Jennifer with very unsettling smiles.
** Marla flashes a couple as well, at different points in the film when she's trying to come across as a caring woman who's just trying to do what's best for her wards. It comes across as insincere and uncanny.

* AdultFear: The film revolves around systematic elder abuse, so it's doubly uncomfortable for those who are advanced in age or who have elderly parents and care decisions must be made for them.
** Feldstrom is permanently cut off from contact with his vulnerable mother because she got caught in Marla's web, and Marla implies in court that it's his fault -- all because he was trying to respect his mother's wishes. [[spoiler:He never gets to see her again, and she dies helpless and alone.]]
** Jennifer's situation. One day a group of people come to your house, declare you incompetent by court order, and strongarm you into a car where you're taken to a facility where you can't leave or contact anyone, and a complete stranger can control your life completely. Nothing you say or do makes any difference. It's terrifying, and what happened to countless victims of Marla's who weren't lucky enough to have someone like Roman coming to rescue them.

* VillainRespect: Dean Ericson admits to Marla that he's impressed with her scam, calling it "the American Dream".

* EvilVsEvil: Marla and Fran are a con artist couple heartlessly tearing families apart for money and Roman is a ruthless Russian crime lord determined to kill the both of them.