Rosamund Pike is back up to her strutting and deep-voiced cooing and general sociopathy in the trailer for Netflix’s I Care A Lot — but this time Gone Girl is gay, girl. (Is that the worst lede I have ever written? Maybe, but I’m leaving it because it made me laugh.) J Blakeson’s dark comedy thriller, which premiered to rave reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, stars Pike as Marla Grayson, a con artist who scams wealthy elderly people out of their life savings. Her partner in crime and also her partner-partner is Eiza González’s Fran. She seems unstoppable until she overplays her hand and ends up grifting a woman with crime boss pals.
When I asked Kayla if she’d review this, she responded “yes!” in less than a nanosecond. It drops on February 19th.
Wow, I didn’t know that I needed exactly this until I watched the trailer and just kept saying “fuck, fuuuuck” with the biggest grin on my face. Can’t WAIT.
this movie may not be for me because of the elder abuse, but I AM EXCITED FOR THE GIFS
(also like i know bad things happen in dark comedies, it’s ok)
Oh huh! I had a kid on my college speech team who did a whole speech about how this kind of elder abuse is endemic in the court-appointed guardianship system – it’s actually pretty terrible. But this movie looks great and very gay!
i can’t believe i am excited to watch a movie about elder abuse but!! here i am!!
Marla and Fran are the evil power couple I didn’t know I needed so bad. I can’t wait for the review!