that she delivered her best performance as a villain since Gone Girl in 2014. Writing for Out, Mey Rude said that I Care a Lot was "almost a perfect lesbian movie", praising the "sinister glee" Pike brings to what "could've been an all-time great lesbian sex symbol" role and the "great chemistry" that she and Gonzalez have as the story "keeps escalating and twisting and turning". However, she strongly criticised the "undignified and blunt" ending. The New York Times said that the film was an "unexpectedly gripping thriller that seesaws between comedy and horror", praising it for being "cleverly written and wonderfully cast", and for its "ice-pick dialogue" and introduction of Peter Dinklage as Roman Lunyov. Conversely, Adam Graham of The Detroit News gave the film a "D" and said that I Care a Lot was a "misguided black comedy", as viewers didn't have a way to relate to the character of Marla Grayson. The Chicago Tribunes, Michael Phillips gave the film two stars and wrote that while "the acting's uniformly strong [...] the script is distressingly weak." Mae Abdulbaki from Screen Rant gave a mixed review, lauding the performances from the ensemble cast, but writing that "there is something completely missing from I Care a Lot'' that makes it a hard pill to swallow." References External links 2020 films 2020 black comedy films 2020 LGBT-related films 2020 thriller films 2020s comedy thriller films 2020s satirical films Amazon Studios films American black comedy films American comedy thriller films American LGBT-related films American satirical films Black Bear Pictures films Criticism of capitalism English-language Netflix original films Films about con artists Films about the Russian Mafia Films directed by J Blakeson Films set in Massachusetts Films shot at Pinewood Studios Films shot in Dedham, Massachusetts Lesbian-related films LGBT-related black comedy films LGBT-related comedy thriller films LGBT-related satirical films 2020s English-language films 2020s American films