All day, every day, I care. He’s done time before. [Marla] I know you don’t like losing. Oh. Marla Grayson? Well, come at me fair and square. :), Shadow In The Cloud (review on Newsletter only - sign up! I know. I’m just closing up. Roman tries to kill Marla and her girlfriend, but Marla survives and wants revenge. [quietly] Yeah. This is to help you. With thousands of guardians working for us. If she destroys him, we’re upset. Or am I prey? There you go. I’ll get him on the phone for you. That’s what I want. I CARE A LOT (15, 118 mins) Thriller/Romance. When she was three months and nine days, from polio. [softly] And remember, I’m on your side. (Before she can get there, Wish Bear trips, falls and lands face first into a cloud. Uncooperative. I don’t know. Didn’t you? I got lucky. So, now we’re in the market for a new client. [Sam] Marla, how’s it going? You wanna beat me? I don’t give a shit about that fucking sociopath. That must feel good. [Marla] It’s the license plate of the car our Russian friend was driving. Let me tell you something. … Do you recognize that woman Marla? I am a fucking lioness. No, that’s just data for you to… collate. How is it in my mother’s best interest to have her son barred from seeing her? Uh… I have an appointment with, uh… Mr. Naylor at Galen and Hersch. You think you’re good people. All rights reserved. She worked at the same company for 40 years. Michael still moves stuff here and there. They see the official paper, they see the cops, they go right along. [Marla] I’m gonna talk to someone who has all the answers. [Marla] Jennifer called you from the facility? We can’t just sit by while people struggle. This court is doing its best to protect and help Mrs. Feldstrom, and the actions of her son are undermining our every effort in that fight. A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears. I need the full works for this one. In Netflix's 'I Care a Lot,' Rosamund Pike and Peter Dinklage trade threatening smiles, entertainingly, which takes your mind off script's lazy, pervasive cynicism. Keep me away from it. Something more than an old lady. Look at me. [Marla] Oh, no, ma’am. He doesn’t know it yet, but we found him in our system. No, no, no. Have at it. Even though Roman’s a big fat heartless meanie to Marla, we haven’t forgotten how horrible Marla is. I’ll store my number. What people were in there? Our collection contains all the feature-length screenplays in our database as well as scripts that we have broken down by plot, character, ending, quotes, and more. … See that? I’m on my way. If the doctor wrote a note, he knows it too. [Marla] Why? They’ve scrubbed all trace of the real Jennifer Peterson, including her death certificate. He drives a fucking Subaru! Directed by J Blakeson. That’s… Door to door, that’s just over five hours. Look at me, baby. Copyright © ScriptShadow, 2012. Take control of the entire market. Blogs archive. That’s the method writer-director J Blakeson used when constructing this movie. Three, maybe four… Three. With no one. That gets you beat. [Marla] I’m afraid it’s not up to you or me to decide. She bought the house seven years ago, owns it outright. Pleasure to meet you. You know, you remind me of someone I knew when I was younger. And she was fine, more than fine. ♪ You a thunderstorm Walk into a room Everybody turn ♪. This is your life now, Jennifer. While at first I thought Marla and Roman ending up on the same level was a mistake, I began to think that that was Blakeson’s plan all along. He says he’s a lawyer. She’s not an impartial witness. That’s your mother, isn’t it? Enough of this small-potatoes shit. … Mr. Feldstrom, sir… I sympathize, I do, but your visits to your mother upset her, and the last time you visited her, you assaulted a staff member and vandalized a reception area. It was arson, a hit. She’s a danger to others and herself. When this is through, you’re not gonna have any of those things. Fuck. [Marla] When we cease to be able to take care of ourselves, the state steps in to help. Order has been restored. Blakeson understood that neither character should win. That’s right. I bring this up because a lot of writers push back when you talk about unlikable protagonists and say that as long as they’re “interesting,” you can build a story around them. Who are you, sir? A real estate arm, a legal arm, a training arm, a medical arm, a pharmaceutical arm. They are friends of Miss Peterson who wish to remain anonymous. But before you take that leap… first take a long, hard look at yourself. [Marla] I know. In fact, everyone in this dark comedy is either a sociopath, a psychopath, or both. In seven years, she’s never missed an appointment. [Marla] Oh, God. Could you find it for me? [Marla sighs] You wanna go get rid of him? Who is she anyway, your ward? Marla, I don’t want you to get shot in the head. Oh, my goodness. Cineuropa Award. It’s a tightly constructed, masterfully acted, lightly stylish little caper picture, which revels in just how mean it can be. Can you help me? Now, Miss Peterson, I wanna say I’m honored to be your guardian. Hmm. [Marla] Curtis, it’s Marla. With hundreds of thousands of wards in our care. No, Marla! Two elven brothers embark on a quest to bring their father back for one day. Rosamund Pike stars as a legal conservator running a lucrative guardianship grift who strikes trouble when she messes with a gangster played by Peter Dinklage in the acidic thriller 'I Care a Lot.' Mm… No. And I have to pay for her care in the facility, so, yes, I oversaw the sale of some of her assets to finance that. I need help. That’s simply not true, Miss Grayson. I’ll tell your mom you send your best. [laughs] Yeah, but I’m not struggling. No. Sir, we’re going around in circles. As in: It’s Fate 444 (aka 666) My name is Marla Grayson. Uh, sort of both. Oh, really? Quick, pack a bag. Now, I know what you do here. But let’s be real. This is level 2. Good morning, Mrs. Peterson. Blakeson knew what he was doing, delivered the movie he intended, and I’m here to tell you he pulled it off. I used to be like you… thinking that working hard and playing fair would lead to success and happiness. I Care a Lot is a 2020 American black comedy film written and directed by J Blakeson.The film stars Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Chris Messina, Macon Blair, Alicia Witt, and Damian Young, with Isiah Whitlock Jr. and Dianne Wiest.The film follows a court-appointed guardian who seizes the assets of elderly people for her own, only for her to get mixed up with a dangerous gangster. Are there dreams you still wanna achieve? So… no one would ever miss them. It’s on the third floor, I think. It’s family court, okay? It’s a tightly constructed, masterfully acted, lightly stylish little caper picture, which revels in just how mean it can be. … There. And, yes, I pay myself too. [clicks tongue] [sighing] Alan. She likes to go during the day to the movies. Don’t underestimate me. [sighs] I didn’t wanna have to do this. You’re a rare person, Marla. It doesn’t agree with me. We can tickle that to make an emergency hearing go our way. They’re both greedy. It was all clearly and cleverly constructed with setups and payoffs that make sense. [Roman] I’d like to propose an alternative. The poor. You are… brave, Miss Grayson. Charge it to the Feldstrom account, full rate. Of course. Look at this. Because caring, sir, is my job, it’s my profession. You have to test it. Why be scared of that? Well, I can think of two reasons. We'll give you a tour. All rights reserved. Right, sure, let’s stick with that. But not Jennifer Peterson. I’m close to the house. Sure. Pleasure to meet you. I much prefer to be calm. You don’t bring guns into a care home. One of the best tricks you can use when you have an unlikable protagonist is to make the antagonist even worse than they are. You know where this is going, right? But for me, that’s a start. Euro Film Fest. [Marla] I’m a lioness. Unlock it. You have a cell phone? Passports. But if you’re okay with spoilers, let’s continue. Sir. As far as I can tell, sir. Not because I want to, not because I’ll enjoy it or because I planned for it, but because your people didn’t play by the rules. But we're not gonna like it. She’s your mother’s guardian. [Roman] If we make each other rich, the trust will follow. [Roman] Let’s end this now. Mm-hmm. Instead of me giving you $10 million… we become partners, go into business together. Your mother couldn’t cope on her own. But when their mark turns out to have an equally shady secret of her own and connections to a volatile gangster, Marla is forced to level up in a game only predators can play – one that’s neither fair, nor square. I’ll be adding new screenplays as they become available so check back often. He’s on the move. Still, if you know what you’re doing as a writer, you can keep us rooting for characters like this. Can you present any paperwork that proves you are Miss Peterson’s lawyer? But by creating this twist that pays off Marla’s job, the writer clearly had a plan in mind. You don’t give me my cell phone, you don’t let me get out of this place… I got nothing to say. … Ow. I won’t lose. Rosamund Pike, in killer suits and a bob so precise it looks like a blonde helmet sliced with a laser, plays Marla Grayson, a conservator… Oh. You know it, I know it. Stupid, but brave. The thing is, Jennifer’s guardian has stipulated that she have only approved visitors. It’s a well-oiled racket that Marla and her business-partner and lover, Fran, use with brutal efficiency on their latest “cherry,” Jennifer Peterson – a wealthy retiree with no living heirs or family. [Marla] Oh, no. She doesn’t need to be in a care facility. I got you, John Doe. Your ward, Alan Levitt, here at our Berkshire Oaks facility, he just died. Marla, you’re not the only game in town. [Roman] Even if I pay you off, are you not afraid I’ll still kill you? He loves Baby Yoda and at the end of most episodes, he’s helped someone else out. You have to drag her out by her ankles? Sam Rice called. Listen to me. I couldn’t get access. [Marla] Dean, I have a legal duty. Fuck. If we’re not rooting, in some way, for the main character, nothing else matters. They are tearing apart your office, your home. Served on a pitch-black platter, Ethan J. Blakeson's nastily rendered “I Care a Lot” has no likable characters. You know him? Put her on the basic food package. Legally. You saw an opportunity and you grabbed it. But it’s actually more complicated than that because the different degrees of ‘unlikable’ dictate how hard you have to work to get the reader to root for your hero. Oh, she told me to ask after your brother Mikey. Okay, then. But the court doesn’t appoint me for no reason. But his return opens a decades-old wound – the unsolved death of a teenage girl. Curtis will validate your parking on the way out. None of them. It’s Marla. Come on. [Marla] I control your drugs, your food, your comfort. [Marla] No, but I think I can guess. Alone and in terrible pain. [Marla] Jennifer, do you know a man named Dean Ericson? I want to highlight something I’ve never seen any other screenwriting enthusiast talk about. Oh. [Marla] Does it sting more because I’m a woman? As you can see, her mental health has severely deteriorated. [Marla] You got a pay phone? Help. Thanks. The first and most common unlikable hero is the ‘bad but not really bad’ protagonist. You’re gonna be fine. Oh, baby! Marla, pack a fucking bag! Marla. Miss Grayson doesn’t care about my mother at all. [Marla] His room. That’s enough to be able to use money as a weapon, like a bludgeon, the way real rich people do. Why’d you wanna kidnap that little old lady? I think I’m on totally the wrong level, and I can’t find the exit. … Ow! … I’m now your legal guardian. She lives at 41 Williams Street in Shallcross. And I understand why you targeted her. That’s perfectly normal for an emergency hearing. And two, because she has very powerful… friends who can make life uncomfortable for you, extremely unpleasant and uncomfortable. [Marla] I just need an approximate valuation, Vee. Expand her care-taking business. And I think there’s been a mistake. And if you don’t comply with it, I’m afraid you may be in some trouble. He made threats ’cause threats are all he had left. Why are you touching me like this? I’m actually a little early. Mostly. Maybe the plate was stolen. [Wish Bear has spotted something from her star-o-scope, and is rushing to tell Kim and Jason] Wish Bear: Jason, Kim! Because playing fair, being scared, that gets you nowhere. I can go pick them up if you want me to. Done. Baby, you’re gonna be fine. Marla is someone who makes her living off of conning old people. Sorry. Marla is someone who makes her living off of conning old people. [Marla] Excuse me, Your Honor. I know. She’s, uh, pretty much the worst, hey. [Marla] Tell me who you are. We start again somewhere new. Yes, sir. I Care a Lot tells the tawdry tale of Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike), an icy-veined con woman who makes a living preying on the elderly. Roman comes up with an alternative idea. And I know from her paperwork her lawyer is a local guy who deals in family law. Okay! And I’ve been poor. Jennifer needs to be released from your care ASAP and you need to get that she-doctor to write another letter saying Jennifer has made a full recovery and no longer needs to be in the care of a guardian. Fran says hello. Hello. [Marla] Mm-hmm. How horrible are we talking? That you got so soundly beaten in there by someone with a vagina? She’s a retired businesswoman. Where Blakeson gets in trouble, in my opinion, is that Roman isn’t bad enough to make us Marla’s number one fan. Well, I recommended this movie to a friend and she stopped me halfway through the pitch saying, “Oh, that’s horrible,” in response to what Marla was doing to people. No, no, no, no. I need five minutes of your time. You can have your mother, your diamonds, your freedom. When you sent that lawyer with a case full of money, your instinct was right, I’m willing to be bought off. NOLOGGING means that minimal redo are generated. These assholes were drug smugglers and implicated in a bunch of murders. Friend Bear: Come on. I don’t understand how the court can entrust my mother to this stranger. You fucked up, Alexi. There’s people inside. Uh, is there a restroom I could use while I’m waiting? Am I a lamb? And these days, these rare days that we get to spend together, are a blessing for me. Help! I’ve not seen you in here before. He just suddenly appeared in my office making threats and accusations. Even though you know how important this is to me, you didn’t think to get some basic information on the situation? [Marla] Liar. He can produce no piece of paper to prove it. She’d let it run into quite a mess. And her doctor was so worried about her, she referred her to the courts for emergency help. My bet is you’re Roman, ’cause you seem more like a boss than a soldier. “I Care A Lot” attempts to walk one of the thinnest tightropes in screenwriting – building the story around an unlikable protagonist. Everyone laughs. May I speak? This stolen identity is incredibly sophisticated. [Marla] Karen. This is a good movie from start to finish and I’m going to explain why. Your Honor, more than once you and I have seen unscrupulous lawyers seeking to exploit the elderly for their hard-earned savings. My name is Walter Smith. Our policy is to get your guardian involved. A thriving business, employees… a nice face, unbroken bones, a life. I mean… I hate you… but, oh, the money we could make. But, for now, I suggest you come with me temporarily to the care facility I’ve found for you, and if there’s been a mistake, we can address it from there. These all your wards? Two. It’s a real nice stone, not the usual dog shit people bring in. Poised with sharklike self-assurance, Marla Grayson is a professional, court-appointed guardian for dozens of elderly wards whose assets she seizes and cunningly bilks through dubious but legal means. Okay. Or am I a lion? [sighing] It’s $150,000 in cash. I’ll be overseeing the upkeep of your property until you sort this out. Jennifer Peterson is in need of my protection. [Marla] Well, to make it in this country, you need to be brave. [Marla] I have your mother and your diamonds. [Peter] And you’re still only 39. In 1949. ♪ We’d walk together Hand in hand Till it was almost dark ♪. I’m happy for you to keep milking these poor vulnerable people for as long as you damn well please. She doesn’t need a court-appointed guardian. I hope you get raped and murdered, and I hope you get killed. She’s now a ward of the state. My client was not invited to the original hearing, and neither was her representative. … Jennifer, or whoever the hell you really are… you’re gonna die in here. [Marla] Peter, I am only just getting started. … So, are you in? Poor woman. Dr. Karen Amos was a highly popular and respected doctor… Police will not yet confirm that it was suicide. [Feldstrom] You never let me see her! Call Dean. Is tomorrow a 5000 word breakdown on Peter Dinklage’s character in the film? Know who you are. You hold stock in Golden Light Care Homes, right? [Marla] You take care, Miss Peterson. Thanks, Sam. So, you find her and bring her to me. [Marla] That’s your name, correct? Your email address will not be published. I quote: “Karen would palm off difficult patients to Marla whether they needed a guardian or not and then embellish symptoms to sway the court.” [scoffs] Your Honor… this is scandalous. [Marla] Well, ma’am… You have to come with me. And the more you think about it, the more sense it makes. All it takes is hard work and the courage and determination to never give up. Isn’t it better to finish this now? He brought in crime boss, Roman, who was even nastier than Marla. [Marla] It says that on your business card? I Care a Lot is unafraid to posit this to audiences in a campy crime-thriller that quickly turns dark. I Care A Lot isn’t some brilliantly subversive social satire. You’re lucky they found you in time. It would mean a lot. [Marla] Hi. I need my cell phone. Next up, Marla says she’ll release Roman from her care if he gives her 10 million dollars, which is the amount of money she’s wanted all along. We’re getting the product from the others at the Medfield property. That way, you win. I need my cell phone. Give me a taste. [Marla] Hi, Petra. Tell me. They’d been caught skimming. Then have at it, you little crock of cunt. Jason: Okay. Rosamund Pike, sporting a slick bob and a series of sophisticated dresses, is delicious as Marla. He’s an idiot. She reads a lot, likes gardening. This is her insurance for the safe deposit box. [Marla] Lying in a pool of his own urine. 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