An air of mystery surrounded Rosamund Pike in
“Gone Girl” but there’s no mistaking her in “I Care
a Lot.” Sporting designer suits and a bob cut so
sharp that you tremble for her stylist, Pike’s Marla
Grayson is ruthlessly imperious from head to toe.
The title of J Blakeson’s sleekly sinister neo-noir
is tongue and cheek. Marla, a shark on par with
Gordon Gekko or Jaws, doesn’t care even a
little. She’s a legal guardian to dozens of elderly
people whom she bilks for everything they’re
worth. A wall of their faces and names adorns
her Boston office the way stock portfolios might
a financier. “Playing fair is a joke invented by rich
people to keep the rest of us poor,” she intones
in the movie’s opening voice over.