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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenSimon Pegg occasionally fulfills the nightmarish potential of the film’s fairy-tale premise.
- 58The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakInheritance might have benefited from its third act being a tad subtler, but I get the allure of throwing away nuance for splashy suspense.
- 50Screen RantHannah HoolihanScreen RantHannah HoolihanDespite great performances from Lily Collins and Simon Pegg, Inheritance is weighed down by heavy exposition and its overly ambitious story.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe 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.
- 42IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandThough 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.
- 40TheWrapSteve PondTheWrapSteve PondA 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.
- 30The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThis 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.”
- 30VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyThis 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.
- 25ObserverOliver JonesObserverOliver JonesInheritance 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.
- 0Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversOne 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?”