'Inheritance' feeds off the class issues of 'Succession' and 'Parasite' and horror conceits of 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' and 'Shallow Grave.'
Perhaps it’s poor form to do criticism as math, but the new thriller “Inheritance,” directed by Vaughn Stein, written by Matthew Kennedy and starring Lily Collins, just begs for it. The best way to describe the film is with an equation:Whether or not the math quite works out, these are the references that burble to the surface while watching Stein’s family drama of money and secrets long buried.
While Lauren receives a far smaller sum than her brother in her father’s will, he leaves her something far weightier: his secrets, literally buried under their sprawling estate. Archer bequeaths Lauren something no one ever wants to receive: a secluded bunker where she discovers a live human chained to the wall. Thanks, Dad.The whole thing is a wild concept, hinging on the plausibility of every character’s motivations, which are all a bit squishy.
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