Mixing cynicism and moralism bordering on the thriller, I care a lot manages to maintain the tension until the end, for a outcome as surprising as it is inevitable. Led masterfully by the excellent Rosamund Pike, the film depicts a ruthless world where we do not hesitate to abuse the weakest to get richer and richer. A cruelly realistic portrait of our societies.
When the mechanics are put in place…
Marla Grayson is a tutor who specializes in caring for wealthy seniors. Having built a real empire allowing her to control the lives of dozens of men and women, she has enriched herself to live in luxury. But that's not enough for her, she always wants more. By relying on her doctor friend, the main ally in this vast system of scams, she will find her next target: Jennifer Peterson. No known filiation, living alone and a full bank account, this is the ideal profile. 
With biased medical advice and a hastily taken court decision, Marla finds herself the woman's legal guardian, without her even being informed. Problem: Jennifer is healthy and does not intend to let this happen. In the meantime, she is immediately and against her will placed in a prison-like medical facility. His guardian now has control over his accounts, over his house until his associates, in short on his life. Detestable and unscrupulous, Marla will do everything to ensure that her victim is no longer able to oppose her. In vain.
A scam plan undermined
Become the guardian of a rich person, enslave him and serve himself, then wait for him to die to recover the whole pactole. A perfectly crafted plan. Yes, but with Peterson, events do not go as planned. The implacable mechanics struggle to put in place and seems partly in failure when the powerful supporters of the old lady are heard. They manage to install terror, without ever making it abdicate. Despite the threats and frightening schemes implemented against Marla Grayson, she persists, even if it means putting herself in danger. 
Unsympathetic, horrifying, hateful, immoral… She embodies the perfect portrait of the anti-heroine, manipulator obsessed with money, ready to do anything to achieve her ends. As soon as the opposing side counterattacks, a real war of ego and power is launched with a common goal on both sides: to win the fight to expand its wealth.
Failing justice
If the situation seems to be taken to the extreme, it is no less realistic. If Marla Grayson manages to become the guardian of more than fifty people, all rich, and whose infirmity is not always proven, it is however in a perfectly legal way that she becomes one: by a decision rendered by a court. A manipulation indirectly approved by the courts granting abusive protection measures, without ever questioning the legitimacy of the latter. The abuse of weakness on the elderly becomes here an unpunished crime, and even encouraged despite the regular claims made to the judge. 
Beyond that, it is also the treatment of the elderly in these nursing homes similar to nursing homes, which is criticized. Subjected to heavy drug treatments, constantly monitored and deprived of liberty, these residents reduced to simple numbers are here waiting for death. A mirror portrait of our current world, where any notion of morality disappears behind the lure of profit. I care a lot is a real success, maintaining suspense throughout and plunging the viewer into permanent doubt. Cruel, effective and impactful, the script shows a world where a powerful woman manages to shake an entire system. A role that earned Rosamund Pike the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy.
