{"id":183470,"date":"2021-02-20T00:16:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T21:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-ending-of-i-care-a-lot-explained\/"},"modified":"2021-02-20T00:16:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T21:16:09","slug":"the-ending-of-i-care-a-lot-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-ending-of-i-care-a-lot-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Ending of &#8216;I Care a Lot&#8217; Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#The Ending of &#8216;I Care a Lot&#8217; Explained<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.9--><em><strong>Ending Explained<\/strong><\/em><i> is a recurring <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> in which we explore the finales, secrets, and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>s of interesting movies and shows, both new and old. This time, we examine the message we\u2019re left with at the ending of the Netflix movie I Care a Lot.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A sociopathic woman who makes a career out of defrauding old people. A murderous villain who would kill anyone who would dare even look at his elderly mother the wrong way. What could possibly go wrong?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Underneath all of its twists and turns, this is the essence of <strong>J Blakeson<\/strong>\u2019s <\/span><strong><i>I Care a Lot<\/i><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: two dangerous antiheroes who, when confronting one another, are unable to stand down. Marla Grayson (<strong>Rosamund Pike<\/strong>) is a court-appointed legal guardian who \u201cearns her living\u201d by conning old people into signing their wills over to her. But when she accidentally takes the wrong woman (<strong>Dianne Wiest<\/strong>) into her custody, Marla\u2019s life is invariably threatened by the mark\u2019s son, a Russian mafia boss by the name of Roman Lunyov (<strong>Peter Dinklage<\/strong>).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From there, the film proliferates in crazy and unexpected events. One moment, Marla has the upper hand. The next, Roman does. It\u2019s a whiplash-inducing romp with no promises and no certainty. Roman strapping Marla\u2019s unconscious body into a car headed straight for a river? Marla putting Roman\u2019s mother on a hellish exercise and medication regime in her assisted living home out of pure spite? Nothing is off-limits in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Care a Lot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of the film, Marla kidnaps Roman, s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>s him of all his personal identification, drugs him, and leaves him for dead in the middle of the road. When he arrives at the hospital, he is identified as a \u201cJohn Doe,\u201d and John Does are apparently all assigned legal guardians on the scene. And, surprise surprise \u2013 Marla is first in line for the role.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roman now knows he has no good way out. He can either be at Marla\u2019s mercy for the rest of his life, or he can pay her off in exchange for his mother\u2019s and his own safety \u2013 $10 million, to be exact. But he has another, better idea. He proposes the two join together as business partners, building an empire of old-folks homes filled with elderly people to defraud. With a sparkle in her eye, Marla accepts the offer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Care a Lot <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">transforms into a hazy montage that almost feels like a daydream, in which Marla\u2019s newfound riches and successes are displayed. At last, she has reached the final frontier of the American dream. She has won her own <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the final scene, though Marla leaves a TV interview with an invincible glow about her, accompanied by her beautiful, devoted partner \u2014 now-wife \u2014 Fran (<strong>Eiza Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>). But, as it turns out, she\u2019s not invincible. A man (<strong>Macon Blair<\/strong>) who appeared at the beginning of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Care a Lot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> makes a reprise with a gun. He explains that after Marla stopped him from seeing his elderly mother, she died alone. The man shoots Marla in the chest, and she dies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But that\u2019s not where the movie ends. No. In a seemingly intended cheeky nod to Pike\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gone Girl<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> character, Amy Dunne, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Care a Lot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ends on the TV interview. It starts in voiceover, as the camera pans down blood trickling from Marla\u2019s wound onto the sidewalk. The interviewer asks, \u201cSo, with all the success, are you still ambitious? Are there dreams you still want to achieve?\u201d To which Marla responds, \u201cPeter, I am only just getting started.\u201d The interviewer thanks her, and she replies, \u201cThanks. It\u2019s been fun,\u201d with a devilish smile on her face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But why this final shot? Why does <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Care a Lot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> not simply end on Marla lying in a pool of her own blood, the ultimate consequence of her cruel and immoral behavior? Well, although Marla\u2019s death ends her life, it does not end her legacy. The television interview is a perfect example of this. Even when Marla is six feet underground, anyone can watch her \u2013 the beaming image of true capitalist success. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And people will inevitably envy her, as they always do those who have achieved what Western society deems the \u201cultimate success.\u201d So, to end <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Care a Lot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the end of a life would almost be dishonest. Marla\u2019s life has not ended, not even close. As she tells her interviewer: \u201cI am only just getting started.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indeed, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Care a Lot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tells us that a \u201ctrue\u201d capitalist never dies. And, in turn, for people truly obsessed with becoming rich, like Marla, money is absolutely worth dying for. At one point in the film, when Roman has Marla at gunpoint, he asks her if she is afraid of dying. She responds with an almost incredulous, \u201cNo.\u201d Why would she be afraid of something she won\u2019t really experience?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But there\u2019s a deeper meaning to her answer. Not only is she not afraid of dying, but she is also more than willing to die if Roman won\u2019t give her the hefty fund of $10 million she has requested. So, it is only fitting that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Care a Lot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ends with Marla dying. In fact, it wouldn\u2019t make sense for it to end any other way. Marla already made it clear that money is worth dying for, and now she has more money than anyone could ever need. You do the math.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The end of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Care a Lot<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> might seem sinister, but it also has a moralistic outlook that leans on the side of \u201cdon\u2019t do wrong by people.\u201d Marla\u2019s evil acts catch up with her in the end. Regardless of everything she goes through in the film, it is someone who is introduced in the very first scene \u2013 long before she even gets involved with Roman and his crew of baddies, or even his mother \u2013 that ends up taking her life. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its seemingly nihilistic ending, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Care a Lot <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">becomes much more than just a quirky film about a well-dressed con-woman. It is a commentary on the dangers of capitalism, and the invaluable significance of doing right by others.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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