Inheritance

    Inheritance
    2020

    Synopsis

    The 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.

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    Cast

    • Lily CollinsLauren Monroe
    • Simon PeggMorgan Warner
    • Connie NielsenCatherine Monroe
    • Chace CrawfordWilliam Monroe
    • Patrick WarburtonArcher Monroe
    • Marque RichardsonScott
    • Michael BeachHarold Thewlis
    • Joe HerreraDetective Emilio Sanchez
    • Christina DeRosaSofia Fiore
    • Lucas Alexander AyoubEddie Parker

    Recommendations

    • 63

      Slant Magazine

      Simon Pegg occasionally fulfills the nightmarish potential of the film’s fairy-tale premise.
    • 58

      The Film Stage

      Inheritance might have benefited from its third act being a tad subtler, but I get the allure of throwing away nuance for splashy suspense.
    • 50

      Screen Rant

      Despite great performances from Lily Collins and Simon Pegg, Inheritance is weighed down by heavy exposition and its overly ambitious story.
    • 50

      The Hollywood Reporter

      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.
    • 42

      IndieWire

      Though Stein’s film doesn’t exactly work up to a big surprise, it does unveil some new twists in its final act that hint at better craftsmanship than what was initially on offer.
    • 40

      TheWrap

      A thriller that wants to be more than that and stretches the bounds of plausibility to get there, Inheritance may have you squirming in your seat and shaking your head in equal measure.
    • 30

      The New York Times

      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.”
    • 30

      Variety

      This overlong tale spends most of its nearly two hours as a somewhat draggy, talky mystery before finally deciding to be a thriller, with credibility lacking throughout.