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Movie Review: Goofy Glen Powell Livens Dark 'How to Make a Killing'
Glen Powell portrays Becket Redfellow, a disowned heir who murders relatives to claim a billion-dollar inheritance in an A24 reimagining of the 1949 British black comedy.
- Glen Powell stars as Becket Redfellow in A24's How to Make a Killing, which opens Feb. 19, with a screening attended by cast including Topher Grace on Feb. 14, 2026.
- Disowned at birth after his mother Mary was exiled at 18, Becket Redfellow remains seven spots from the fortune under an ironclad trust, and a deathbed promise plus a chance meeting with Julia sparks his murder plan.
- Powell's performance exhibits his best work since `Hit Man`, while reviewers note the film clumsily shifts between wry humor and serious drama and uses Becket's death-row narration.
- Topher Grace said Powell has remained `exactly the same human` in recent years, while Jessica Henwick’s standout role and Powell’s central performance are credited with shaping audience response.
- As a reimagining of `Kind Hearts and Coronets`, the film joins a wave of murderous satires like Park Chan-wook's `No Other Choice` and is seen as a patchy, high-concept fable, critics say.
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Review: In 'How to Make a Killing,' a family inheritance inspires Glen Powell to do dirty deeds
Director John Patton Ford’s spin on the 1949 British thriller “Kind Hearts and Coronets" doesn't have his star in eight roles, but it does have a spirit of dark fun.
Review: In 'How to Make a Killing,' a new riff on an Ealing black comedy classic
How to Make a Killing, starring Glen Powell as a working-class man who sets out to murderously reclaim his inheritance, has a clear inspiration: the great Ealing black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets.
‘How to Make a Killing' Review: Glen Powell Shines in Slick, Funny Americanization of a Depraved Aristocracy
As seen from his previous feature, “Emily the Criminal,” filmmaker John Patton Ford knows how to dive into the nastiness of income inequality, and the necessary ruthlessness to get ahead in the rigged game of the American dream. He delves further into this capitalist morass with “How to Make a Killing,” an updated, Americanized version of the classic British comedy “Kind Hearts and Coronets.” Despite being set in a different time and country, “H…
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