The Inheritance

This is an excellent movie. It is kind of a Cinderella story with a twist. The actors do an excellent job. Great family movie!

Pretty, but a bit trite. Had a made for TV feel about it (and not a PBS feel).

I love this movie and I had different therories thru the movie what was going on. It has a delightful ending. I will not spoil it for you. It is unique and a watch over and over again movie.

I rented this film because I love Tom Conti, and when he's on screen, I enjoyed it. Otherwise, it's formulaic and stagey: the characters are two-dimensional, the plot development obvious in the extreme. Anyone who's surprised by anything here must never have seen another movie or read a novel.

I was particularly offended that we're told in advance of his entrance "not to be put off by the physical appearance" of character James Percy, as if here deformed or disfigured in some way. So who walks in but Thomas Gibson, looking like a dark-haired Adonis. This is Hollywood TV at it's shallowest.

Another reviewer said the movie is far better than the book. It must be truly ghastly.

My main problem with this movie was the script. Little was left to be implied by visuals but all had to be said by some character with dialogue that was blunt and uninspiring. Actor performance is hard to characterize with this type of script.

I saw little character development throughout the film. Personalities were quickly defined at the beginning and remained fixed throughout. Few characters had any shade of grey on the good/bad scale.

On the plus side, the scenery/photography and costumes were nice.