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- 2020
- TV-MA
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- 1 h 51 m
- 2020
- TV-MA
- DirecTV
- 1 h 51 m
Summary A patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family suddenly passes away, leaving his wife and daughter with a shocking secret inheritance that threatens to unravel and destroy their lives.
Directed By: Vaughn Stein
Written By: Matthew Kennedy
- 2020
- TV-MA
- DirecTV
- 1 h 51 m
- 2020
- TV-MA
- DirecTV
- 1 h 51 m
Inheritance
31
4.2
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Summary A patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family suddenly passes away, leaving his wife and daughter with a shocking secret inheritance that threatens to unravel and destroy their lives.
Directed By: Vaughn Stein
Written By: Matthew Kennedy
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
31
11% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
47% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
42% Negative
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
31
11% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
47% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
42% Negative
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
Like a good thriller, Inheritance draws you in and takes you right into the middle of the action. Then when it’s all over, you’ll want to revisit it as soon as possible to pick up on all the little details and clues. It feels real, which adds to the intensity.
A movie with a don't-think-too-hard-about-this premise can work if it sustains its own logic. It doesn't have to hold together in our world, so long as we believe it will hold together in theirs. But Inheritance is the case of a film that's so full of holes, it was likely recut from an earlier version and not quite stitched back together. Still, it just qualifies as watchable due to its nutty premise, sumptuous settings, and a couple of dynamic confrontations.
The idea of a literal crypt of living family secrets has a movie-ready, over-the-top absurdity, but in this smoothed-over telling, there's no dramatic juice, no impact — just pieces on a chess board, waiting to be maneuvered.
Simon Pegg and Lily Collins act the hell out of a script with a fun set-up and a lazy payoff.
This movie aspires to generate the kind of rich-people-you-love-to-hate juice of cable TV series such as “Billions” and “Succession.” Ultimately, Inheritance doesn’t even get to the level of “Dynasty.”
Inheritance has not one iota of the thematic intensity of Bong’s film, nor any of the dynamic relationships that make Succession’s twists and turns impactful. Instead, there is nothing much on Inheritance’s mind, and the relationships end up as underdeveloped as the film’s cliché-ridden dialogue.
One adjective you don’t hear much anymore is “preposterous,” defined as “contrary to nature, reason or common sense.” Yet the word applies perfectly to Inheritance, a blithering botch job of a thriller that begs the question: “Come on, are you f**king kidding me?”
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 User Ratings
4.2
18% Positive
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35% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 User Ratings
4.2
18% Positive
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
47% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
35% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
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Production Company
Convergent Media.,
Highland Film Group (HFG),
Ingenious Media,
Redline Entertainment (II),
Southpaw Entertainment (I),
White Comet Films
Release Date May 22, 2020
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating TV-MA
Tagline Some Secrets Should Stay Buried.
