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Inheritance (2003)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:27
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.7/10
Theatrical Release:Jul 9, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: The Danish family drama THE INHERITANCE (ARVEN) is part of a larger movement towards realism through digital filmmaking. Christoffer (Ulrich Thomsen, THE CELEBRATION) abandoned his family life for... [More]
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Reviews for Inheritance
It traces the difficult and soul-destroying choices that have to be made to transform a failing family business into a potentially monopolistic multinational corporation.
07/23/04
Top CriticIn his role, Thomsen is strong and convincing.
12/09/04
Top CriticA solid, involving Danish drama that proves discord, struggle and variance need not necessarily be lost in translation.
10/11/04
It's not exactly fun family entertainment, but it is a realistic depiction of a man struggling between family duty and happiness.
09/17/04
like updating Bergman for this millennium
06/18/05
...there's absolutely no denying the effectiveness of Thomsen's heartbreaking performance...
12/17/06
The acting is fine, the filmmaking is honest, and the class-conscious story couldn't be more timely.
07/08/04
All the great emotions we're used to in the works of Ibsen and Shakespeare wash over us in bountiful flow.
08/06/04
Top CriticFly's heartbreaking drama about a man who inherits a ton of power and buckets of sorrow will tell you all you need to know about the soul-destroying nature of corporate culture.
10/07/04
The problems of a CEO nicely dramatized.
07/06/04
Thomsen gives a fully realized, utterly plausible portrayal of a man caught in an untenable dilemma.
07/08/04
Top CriticStriking, often suspenseful.
07/09/04
Highly dramatic and intensely emotional, blessed with strong themes and an unstoppable narrative drive, it is adult, intelligent entertainment of a kind we rarely see these days.
10/08/04
Top CriticFly's writing is subtle, believably building upon the small compromises... which create the type of moral vacuum whose creation cannot be understood from the outside.
11/04/03
The deft understatement of the actors and the resistance of cinematic artifice make the tale all the more devastating.
07/15/04
Top CriticThe Inheritance offers a more fascinating fictionalized look at what cut-throat capitalism can do to conscience.
09/09/04
The politics of the story come to life through the vivid characterizations of a uniformly excellent cast.
10/15/04
As it moves forward, this bleak parable of business and power teases you with possibilities.
09/10/04
What makes The Inheritance so watchable, and so different from recent couples dramas like Closer, is that these privileged people are decent, likable and struggling to do the right thing.
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