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Inheritance (2003)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:9
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.1/10
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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Top CriticThere's a major difference between Inheritance and The Godfather -- and that's a lack of epic and thematic sweep.
02/04/05
Top CriticWhat 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.
02/04/05
Top CriticIn his role, Thomsen is strong and convincing.
12/09/04
Top CriticHighly 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 CriticWhile the entire movie is one massive flashback, the real reasons for all this Danish dysfunction go unexplored.
10/01/04
Top CriticIt's a poignant, even heart-rending reflection on how doing the right thing isn't as simple as we were once taught.
09/16/04
Top CriticAll the great emotions we're used to in the works of Ibsen and Shakespeare wash over us in bountiful flow.
08/06/04
Top CriticAn initially insightful portrait of modern corporate society that unfortunately lapses into melodrama.
07/28/04
Top CriticIt 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 CriticThe deft understatement of the actors and the resistance of cinematic artifice make the tale all the more devastating.
07/15/04
Top CriticHas a promising start but soon becomes preachy and melodramatic.
07/09/04
Top CriticThe second of a planned trilogy about class divisions, The Inheritance seems to say that money ruins everything. Save yours for another movie.
07/09/04
Top CriticThis relentlessly morose movie from Denmark is a sleek, desolate fable about the conflict between corporate values and human needs.
07/08/04
Top CriticThomsen gives a fully realized, utterly plausible portrayal of a man caught in an untenable dilemma.
07/08/04
Top CriticIn the end, there's little left in that sad, cold figure at the head of the firm to compel our empathy or compassion.
07/06/04
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