Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

michaeltaddonioa I was impressed by what this film had to say about life and particularly the family.I can see why the main character wanted to get out of the family business. In the business world and in many businesses in particular, it is a pressure cooker and a rat race. The man wanted to have a better and a more stable lifestyle, which he got by moving to another nation, owning and managing a restaurant, getting married, and having a family.Unfortunately, his father committed suicide. It was fine that he helped out with his family upon his father's death. On the other hand, he should not have left his marriage and restaurant business go down the drain. He allowed his mother to turn him against his wife, a fine woman who loved and cared for him. The mother was just an overly dominant woman who wanted her way and who did not care who she hurt to get it. The main character lacked the fortitude and strength to repel this advance by the mother. As I've stated, this produced grave consequences. The main character could and should have helped for a while and then went back to his restaurant and family. The movie revealed that the state of the business wasn't good. The ruthless of the business world was shown. The main character's wife obviously did not care of any of what was going on.Movie shows how one must balance his or her life and priorities.

ocaastro I rarely give a 10 rating to a film even when I really enjoy it but this film is the rare exception. The script is perfect, the directing is perfect, the casting is perfect, and the story has profound meaning for the viewer.The film shows how family and business obligations can change people's character and desires. For example, Hollywood is filled with couples whose desires change because of life experiences. It is also true of the business world. Unfortunately that is why divorce is so common in those areas. A couple may start out completely compatible and then one of them has new vistas opened to them.

noralee "The Inheritance (Arven)" is the best look since "The Godfather" at the corrosive impact of family business where there's no boundaries between family and business. The starting premise is strikingly similar to another Scandinavian drama, the Icelandic "The Storm (Hafið)," as in both we start off with a prodigal son happily and romantically involved abroad but forced back to deal with the patriarch's dramatic decision that has ever widening ramifications. But whereas the first went off in psycho-sexual directions from a fishery, this Danish film stays realistically in the board room of a steel plant as much as the bed room. Here, his wife is a Shakespearean actress and the Shakespearean references I caught are played up beyond "King Lear,"as the matriarch, a scarily formidable Ghita Nørby, whose role could be taken by Judi Dench or Glenn Close in an American remake, is a Lady MacBeth, and he's baited by a CFO with a pronounced Iago modus operandi, while the wife, the very moving Lisa Werlinder, is left to plead like Portia in "Julius Caeser." Un-Hamlet-like, Ulrich Thomsen's manipulatable Christoffer plunges into decisions that succeed at high psychological prices for him and those around him, reminding me of the classic closing line of the adaptation of Henry James, "The Heiress": "I've learned from masters."

Tobias Baunbæk Excellent acting by Ulrich Thomsen, Lisa Werlinder and Ghita Nørby. I have heard that Ghita Nørby told Per Fly (the director) that she knew exactly how her character was because she was like that herself. So he let her do it her way. And thank God for that. She is exceptional good in this role. Lisa Werlinder plays the silent girl, who a few times gets very upset. When she does, it really lifts the movie to an even higher level. Ulrich Thomsen does not say how he feels, so it is very important that you can see what he feels. Very well done. Not easy to get away with as good as this.Beautiful pictures also makes this movie a pleasure to watch. Especially when they are shooting in France you have some very amazing pictures. It is also nice that the camera does not shake as much as most Dogma movies.But if it had not been for the original plot it would not have been a good movie. Today in Danish movies it is mostly ordinary people you see, so that everybody can relate. It was fun for a while, but the ordinary story about ordinary people can get really boring if you make it over and over again. The most important scene in the movie as I see it is where Christoffer announces to the employees that the company will merge and that even more people will get hired. The crowd cheers and you can see how Christoffer's eyes just shine. That is one of the reasons that he sacrifice so much. Because of the employees.Arven is original. Interesting. Extremely well played.Arven is one of a kind.