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The ice-cool Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike) is one such unscrupulous profiteer. Having made a mint selling off the assets of the dozens of retirees trapped in her permanent care, she and her partner Fran (Eiza González) stumble upon a veritable golden goose in the form of Jennifer Peterson (Dianne Wiest), a mark with no apparent family or debt, only a tidy fortune to be mined. But, while applying their scam, Marla and Fran soon discover that Ms. Peterson is not who they thought she was, and that their actions have disturbed the designs of a crime lord (Peter Dinklage). (Toronto International Film Festival)

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Necrotongue 

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English The opening monologue appealed to my cynical side, so I was looking forward to a movie that would be right up my alley. At first, it seemed that way. But the filmmakers obviously overestimated their abilities. As time went on, some things stopped making sense and the story started clashing with logic, and the ending was downright pathetic. Despite all my reservations, I'm giving a slightly above-average rating for the very good first half. ()

Goldbeater 

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English This movie has an imaginative subject matter, a likable cynical approach, and a great plot. However, disappointment soon comes. With such a strong concept and edgy heroine, it is a complete shame that the filmmaker decided to include villains worthy of Looney Tunes animated cartoons, and completely resigned from making any bold decisions. Moreover, it is one of those movies whose final act just happens to be whatever tickled the screenwriter's fancy at the time. It was OK, but it could have been much better. ()

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Remedy 

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English It hasn’t happened to me in a long time that I've had this much trouble rooting for a character in a movie. Because the problem here is the lack of any "character" in the good sense of the word. Besides, the way the main character justifies his own actions here (lioness or lambs) is insanely banal in every way. Of course I can't say that I don't care how the whole thing turns out and that I wasn't entertained. I Care a Lot combines thriller elements with Coen-esque absurdity quite playfully, and of course tries to put everything into a current social context. Rosamund Pike is OK, though she was a bit more demonic and believable in Gone Girl. In the end, though, it's a pretty cool one-off with a cool story. The ending is a bit overladen and makes a statement more tragicomic than believable on the current status of women in society, but who cares. As long as you don't have exaggerated expectations involving major statements and don't look for any deeper meanings, you'll be reasonably satisfied. It's such a nice play on the genre. [65%] ()

POMO 

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English This is my Promising Adult Woman! Original subject matter with modern definition of the characters, a clever battle of rock-solid egos, where no one is an angel and everyone deserves a punch in the mouth. A thriller and a gangster film, led by a female character as masterfully as Clint Eastwood did in Leone’s westerns and, at the same time, an accurate mirror held up to American society. Rosamund Pike hands in the best performance by an actress in an English-language film in recent memory – not with award-winning depth, but by bejewelling every scene with surgically precise facial expressions. She is the backbone of this boldly conceived mix of genre elements. The casting of Peter Dinklage seems bizarre at first, but gradually fits perfectly into the caricaturish concept of the film. I Care a Lot could have come off as a cheap novelty, but thanks to great directing and Pike, it turned out to be a little post-modern gem. ()

D.Moore 

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English I don't really like it when a professional killer in a film decides to kill someone professionally, he does it craftily and cunningly, but then he fails to completely professionally convince himself that he actually did it. This scene, along with one final plan, which was probably successful only thanks to a happy coincidence, lost the film one star from my review. Otherwise, I surprisingly had fun, especially thanks to the perfect Rosamund Pike. ()

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