Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan

A powerhouse. 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.

Time by Richard Schickel

A formally elegant, subtly savage and powerfully affecting film.

Chicago Reader by J.R. Jones

Thomsen's transformation from easygoing entrepreneur to ruthless executive is so engrossing I didn't pick up on the story's chilling Freudian subtext until very near the end.

Miami Herald by Marta Barber

Though all actors are up to the challenge, it is the plot that makes The Inheritance shine.

Portland Oregonian by Marc Mohan

The politics of the story come to life through the vivid characterizations of a uniformly excellent cast.

Washington Post by Desson Thomson

The cast, all classically trained on the stage, is simply commanding.

L.A. Weekly by Ella Taylor

Director Fly works with a delicate touch, probing the slow, insidious corruption of this fundamentally decent but weak man.

Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt

The acting is fine, the filmmaking is honest, and the class-conscious story couldn't be more timely.

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

Fly's striking, often suspenseful drama has all the elements of a Shakespearean tragedy: an insecure young prince who must prove his mettle and loses his soul; a cruel, manipulative queen who cares only for power; a close adviser whose motives aren't always clear.

The New York Times by Stephen Holden

As the relentlessly morose movie shows, a corporate hero is not the same thing as a humanitarian; in many ways, he's the antithesis.

Variety by Eddie Cockrell

Arresting and fascinating.

The New Republic by Stanley Kauffmann

Once we learn the story's terrain, we have a pretty good idea of the paths it will follow. Still, because the picture is tidily directed and acted--in one case, better than that--it has the comforts of well-made old things.

The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck

The film is an initially insightful portrait of modern corporate society that unfortunately lapses into melodrama.

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

The Inheritance has a promising start but soon becomes preachy and melodramatic.

Village Voice by Leslie Camhi

The Inheritance is most effective in its first half...But the film falters as it moves closer to home and the heart, veering off into melodramatic and quasi-surreal scenarios.

New York Daily News by Jami Bernard

Don't see The Inheritance if you're already depressed. This airless downer from Danish director Per Fly is about an heir who makes one wrong decision from which even lousier decisions effortlessly flow.