A dead uncle and an inheritance involved unleash a lot of situations in this film
Greed in cinema has been represented in many ways, and stories in which an inheritance at stake It is the main driving force behind getting them all out of the way. It is the main premise of the great films we have seen on the big screen, although of course, there will always be a twist that catches our attention, such as this Polish film that has become the most viewed on Netflix in Mexico a week after its arrival on the platform.
‘The inheritance’ is a film directed by Sylwester Jakimow: This is a comedy with dramatic touches about an extremely wealthy television game show host who dies and leaves his family a surprising inheritance, however, in order to access it, instead of a simple will, the family must complete a series of tasks and puzzles to get their share.
While grappling with these challenges, They realize they need to work together. to be able to access something more than 10 million zlotys: the patents for his inventions that guarantee much more money than what his uncle left to the local orphanage.
Although coexistence can be difficult for a group as peculiar and disparate as any family today that has not seen each other in years, everyone’s ambition is stronger than being able to admit that they need the talents of others to achieve their goal.
Starring Polish talent such as actors Maciej Stuhr, Gabriela Muskała and Franek Słomiński, ‘Uncle’s Inheritance’ takes us into within the four walls of a Warsaw mansion in which comedy situations and dramatic overtones are not long in coming, however, what is visually captivating as a potentially great mystery film ends up being diluted by an extremely poor script and a clear lack of imagination.
The film simply stops shining due to its lack of originality, and that is, with great references to compare it with (such as ‘Knives Out’), it makes the narrative decline due to the lack of a clear definition of the genre that prevails throughout the film: bringing to light Flashes of comedy and sequences of drama and suspense that never reach their maximum climax, making us lose interest in ‘what’s next’ in this story.
A diluted story of ambition and a murder mystery
Although a murder can be a starting point to narrate a comedy story that does not pretend to be more than that (like the Paramount+ film ‘Reunion’), or that seeks to take us into a true mystery by putting us to the test, as the adaptations of Agatha Christie to film; The truth is that this film remains halfway between the two, starting with an interesting premise that falls apart and is completely diluted when, in a somewhat predictable turn, the greed and pretension of the family is blamed, which, when you have the opportunity to do it, He commits murder to reclaim what he believes belongs to him.
‘Uncle’s Inheritance’ is available on Netflix Mexico.
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