“I Care a Lot”–Caregiver or Caretaker?
In this Netflix original movie, I Care a Lot, the highly successful court-appointed guardian, Marla Grayson (the astonishing Rosamund Pike of “Gone Girl” fame), masterminds a scheme to being appointed guardian of wealthy elderly patients by the state court. Marla is charged with caring for the elderly who are identified by doctors as incompetent to manage their own health needs, daily living and assets.
Marla and her partner Fran (Eiza González) run a highly profitable hustle –a guardianship grift of elderly “wards of the state”. To the judge...