Art Imitates Life—Inside the Insidious World of Elder Guardianships

Commentary Given that this is a crime and justice column, it is pretty safe to say this will likely be the only time I do a movie review. But considering the subject matter of the new movie “I Care a Lot,” this film is right up my alley. As longtime readers may remember, I have frequently written about the nationwide evils of exploitative elder guardianships, and that is the world so descriptively depicted in this new Netflix offering. Actress Rosamund Pike portrays Marla Grayson, a diabolic, self-dealing guardian appointed by a judge to manage the lives of elderly people he has found to be “incapacitated.” What leads him to believe that these seniors cannot manage their own homes, medical care, and finances? The guardian has filed a petition with the court declaring that to be the truth, and as happens in real life, this movie judge simply accepts this officer …
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