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How to Make a Killing

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How to Make a Killing

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A man disowned by his wealthy family murders his relatives to ensure he is the only claimant for an inheritance. Writer/director John Patton Ford's black comedy inspired by Kind Hearts and Coronets, starring Glen Powell and Margaret Qualley

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Max Copeman

The "eat the rich" subgenre gains a serviceable if unspectacular addition with this thriller starring Glen Powell. Written and directed by John Patton Ford (Emily the Criminal), the title has a neat double entendre, as it opens with Becket Redfellow (Powell) recounting to a priest how he murdered his aristocratic family to claim $28 billion in inheritance. A light-on-its-feet 105 minutes follows, as Becket "prunes a few branches from the family tree" with schemes involving yachts, a bow and arrow, and teeth-whitening kits. Powell is a charismatic presence, while Bill Camp and Zach Woods provide the strongest comedic passages as two of his ill-fated kin. Despite aiming to be keenly modern, though, the film can't escape its roots as a wholesale remake of 1949 classic Kind Hearts and Coronets, which ironically leaves it feeling more like a distant relative than an heir apparent to that superlative Ealing comedy.

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rolenameBecket RedfellowGlen PowellJuliaMargaret QualleyWhitelaw RedfellowEd HarrisRuthJessica HenwickWarren RedfellowBill CampNoah RedfellowZach WoodsSteven RedfellowTopher GraceTaylor RedfellowRaff LawMary RedfellowNell WilliamsMcArthur RedfellowAlexander HansonLyleJames Frecheville

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rolenameDirectorJohn Patton Ford

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Theatrical distributor

StudioCanal

Released on

2026-03-11

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, swearing

Formats

Colour

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