How to Make a Killing

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How to Make a Killing

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Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow (Glen Powell) will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.

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Deploying Glen Powell's magnetic likability to head-scratching ends, this tonally bizarre comedic thriller wants to eat its rich and have it, too.

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Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

1d

2/4

Unfortunately, this "Killing" just isn’t the windfall that was expected.

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Peter Travers

The Travers Take

2d

2.5/4

In this sadly stunted comic thriller, a delightfully depraved Glen Powell must kill seven of his family members to inherit $28 billion. Would you? By the end, the film commits the worst crime of all by killing our interest.

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Keith Uhlich

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2d

The bastard offspring of a Mad Libs-’n’-Chat GPT prompt: Kind Hearts and Coronets remake set in the world of Succession and starring Glen Powell. Result: Not terrible!

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Peter Gray

The AU Review

1h

4/5

Proves that sometimes the sharpest comedies are the ones delivered with the straightest face

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Joe Friar

Fort Worth Report

1h

3/4

Glen Powell has enough charisma to carry the dark comedy. Qualley is a flirty force of nature as the femme fatale, and Ed Harris chews up the scenery.

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Michael Cook

KLRT-TV

7h

7/10

This movie aims to be a biting satire and comedy, but sadly it falls short in too many ways. It's not particularly insightful. Still "fresh", but just barely.

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Talia

1h

I wish I could give negative reviews instead of this half star. It was the worst movie I’ve ever seen in my life. The movie was boring and somewhat predictable. The ending left me very angry and pissed off. I don’t want to see this movie again.

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Robert

4h

It was kind of a mess

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mark

5h

Good watch, interesting and lots of twists and turns

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Andre

6h

A great movie with unexpected twists and turns. It definitely kept me guessing until the last moment.

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Cory

6h

Definitely some twists at the end . Loved the movie

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Larry W

8h

Interesting plot, very good acting!

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John Patton Ford

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Glen Powell

Becket Redfellow

Margaret Qualley

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Jessica Henwick

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Bill Camp

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Zach Woods

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Synopsis

Disowned at birth by his obscenely wealthy family, blue-collar Becket Redfellow (Glen Powell) will stop at nothing to reclaim his inheritance, no matter how many relatives stand in his way.

Director: John Patton Ford
Producer: Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin
Screenwriter: John Patton Ford
Distributor: A24
Production Co: StudioCanal, Blueprint Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 20, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 1h 45m

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