Not to be confused with this year's American horror of the same title, Inheritance is a Polish mystery comedy that just dropped on Netflix. The film tells the story of a dying billionaire and eccentric inventor, Wladyslaw, who invites his estranged relatives home to inherit his fortune. Unexpectedly, he prepares one last game to test their reconciliation and teamwork.
While there's good intention behind this movie and everything is presented quite well in terms of visuals, tone and humour, the slow pacing and bland characters keep it from being a stand out. The film starts out with one family led by Dawid Klos (Maciej Stuhr), who is on his way back to the family mansion by invitation from his uncle. While at a petrol station, he happens to run into other relatives.
Dawid soon discovers everyone else has been invited by Wladyslaw, whose inheritance is about to be awarded. Once they all gather at the mansion, things don't quite turn out the way they hoped. Wladyslaw has set up an elaborate scheme that will test everyone to see who receives a share of his inheritance.
So, they reluctantly work together to complete the game, putting their teamwork to the test and bringing everyone closer as a result. There are a few problems with Inheritance . Although there's a variety of characters in the story and they all have at least one distinctive trait, they feel flat in their individual problems.
Dawid's family is a typically dysfunctional one where the husband and wife aren't passionat.
