Movie · 2026 · Comedy, Thriller · 1h 45m · R · English
Curator score: 2.3/10 (242.4K ratings)
$28 billion inheritance. 7 relatives standing in the way.
Overview
Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.
Ratings
Curator score: 2.3/10
IMDb: 6.5/10
Letterboxd: 3.15/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 44%
Metacritic: 51
TMDB: 7.0/10
Director
John Patton Ford
Production
StudioCanal, StudioCanal UK, Blue Ice Africa, Blueprint Pictures
Cast
Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, Jessica Henwick, Bill Camp, Zach Woods, Topher Grace, Ed Harris, Raff Law, Nell Williams, Alexander Hanson, James Frecheville, Adrian Lukis, Damien Wantenaar, Sean Cameron Michael, Grady Wilson, Maggie Toomey, Lisa Tredoux, Scarlett Van Rensburg, Ella Judes, Caellai-Joshua Hector
Where to watch
Max
Curator Review
Verdict
A slick, high-concept inheritance caper with dark-comic energy and a strong lead performance, but the appeal looks more about attitude and casting than deep suspense or airtight plotting. If you enjoy glossy, morally rotten crime comedies with a star-driven hook, it should be fun; if you want a sharper thriller or richer satire, it may feel thin.
Best for
fans of dark comedy and crime capers
viewers who like charismatic antiheroes
audiences drawn to inheritance-gone-bad stories
people who enjoy glossy, fast-paced genre movies
Skip if
you want a serious thriller with sustained tension
you prefer subtle character studies
you dislike broad, meme-friendly humor
you need a tightly grounded or realistic crime story
Overview
How to Make a Killing plays like a rich-person murder farce with a glossy, modern sheen. The premise is instantly legible: a disowned outsider claws his way toward an inheritance by any means necessary, and the fun is in watching the movie lean into greed, vanity, and escalating bad decisions.
Worth noting
The response suggests a movie built around star image as much as plot mechanics. Glen Powell’s casting seems to be doing a lot of the heavy lifting, with Margaret Qualley adding the kind of sly, dangerous energy that can turn a familiar setup into something more playful. The tone appears knowingly wicked rather than truly nasty, which should make it easy to watch even when the story is running on pure appetite.
Bottom line
That said, the mixed reception hints at a film that may be more entertaining in concept than in execution. Expect a crowd-pleasing, conversation-friendly crime comedy with sharp surfaces and a few memorable bits, but not necessarily the kind of thriller that keeps tightening the screws all the way through.
Top Letterboxd reviews
𝐋𝐞𝐞.⋆ (4★) · 7940 likes
Moral of the story: never let middle school huzz know about that inheritance.
leahonfilmm (3.5★) · 6036 likes
glen powell was born to play a man named becket
jer ☘️ (4★) · 4214 likes
behind every psycho man is an even more PSYCHO woman!
RemRem (4★) · 4014 likes
Not sure why they made Topher Grace look like Justin Bieber in 2012 but what the hell why not