Who Did You Dislike More--Marla or Roman?

I feel like she was worse because she preyed on people who were more vulnerable. And then, when their savings had been bled dry, they were probably dumped on the street. Roman was dangerous but we get the impression that he deals with dangerous people (there's a reference to drug mules) whereas Marla captures the weak and makes them her prisoners. Even worse, she cuts them off from their families. At the end, you can see just how broken the man is who never got to see his mother before she died.

Credit to Pike's performance that she makes viewers hate Marla so much. Last time I remember disliking a character so much was Tim Roth in Rob Roy.

Yes, of course Marla is worse, but not because of her sex, you misogynist

There's plenty of men who break the law who have never been stopped. Just think about all the lives ruined during the financial crisis that started in 2008. Most of the big players were men and only a few were ever arrested. In fact, most of them were rewarded for their financial crimes in the form of bailouts and bonuses. Marla was small potatoes compared to those guys.

Strong women (or men) shouldn't bother people. However, amoral women (or men) should. Marla was strong, but she was also amoral. She justified this to herself, but, in the end, she reaped what she sowed...she took away people's lives and someone finally took away hers.

I mean everyone loves Ripley from Aliens, right? She's a badass but she's also a decent person.

idiot, and still her main prey was a ... woman, not a man. she exerted power over a woman, and her victims being elders it doesn't really matter what sex they have, they are weak anyway.

the problem with her is not that she is a strong woman but that she is a predatory individual, even worse, preying on the weak.

so sick pf woke idiots.

You make a fair point about Jennifer living off of ill-gotten money. For me, Marla's still the bigger villain because she was kidnapping entirely innocent people (save Jennifer) from their homes. In the case of the drug mules, there's a likelihood they were already involved with criminal types (we can't be certain, of course), but it's unlikely they were kidnapping women working in supermarkets and forcing them into the drug trade.

Another possible title for this one would've been: Everyone Is Terrible.

Excellent film, though. Had me hooked from the start.

Mobsters in real life also abuse old people. It's just in movies they are often romanticised.