The Estate Reviews
The work of Mrs. Turner, Colette, and Farris keeps us in a good mood through a movie that doesn't have bigger ambitions than that. [Full review in Spanish]
| Oct 18, 2023
A brazenly funny adults-only movie.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 4, 2023
It’s a decent premise but, sadly, it amounts to less than the sum of its parts.
| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 2, 2023
Because the film is completely lacking in nuance, these themes kind of evaporate in between the gags about body parts. That said, the movie does elicit a few wry smiles along the way.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 19, 2023
The film completely drifts with embarrassing jokes, ridiculous situations, and an absolutely predictable outcome. [Full review in Spanish]
| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jan 17, 2023
Craig clearly wants The Estate to be scandalous and outrageous, but by the time we see Faris pull out someone’s limp dick, the film has truly run its course.
| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 17, 2023
The impressive cast list notwithstanding, this is a dispiriting kind of comedy...
| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 16, 2023
A quality cast, led by the always watchable Collette, gives the film a veneer of class. Alas, it very quickly rubs off.
| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 14, 2023
The comedic tone is painful, like a half-baked Farrelly brother's comedy that never made it past the pitch meeting.
| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 13, 2023
Bungled black comedy The Estate, about family members competing to woo and win an inheritance from terminally ill and terminally ill-tempered Aunt Hilda... has nothing but poor aims and misfiring gags.
| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 12, 2023
The very impressive cast give it everything they’ve got; nothing with Collette in it can be bad.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 11, 2023
Never feels anything but strained and awkward.
| Original Score: C | Dec 4, 2022
"Ghastly" would be too kind a word.
| Nov 30, 2022
Bit by bit funny, David Duchovny in particular.
| Nov 30, 2022
An amazing cast trapped in a coarse, crude script.
| Original Score: 4/10 | Nov 13, 2022
Not even Toni Collette can save this film about two gold-digging sisters from its unoriginal premise and predictable ending.
| Nov 11, 2022
Basically an updating of the film Greedy with most of the cast trying to elevate an uninspired script except for David Duchovny who turns this from will hunting into a full-on heist film as he steals the movie with every line and comic choice he makes.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 8, 2022
The premise isn’t terribly original. Movies like Daddy’s Dyin’: Who’s Got The Will? have mined this kind of thing before, but Craig goes for broke, unafraid to prove too much is never too much.
| Nov 7, 2022
The Estate had the perfect setup for a great comedy featuring an all-star ensemble of actors adept at humor, but it fails to meet the bare minimum.
| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Nov 6, 2022
It’s not funny, it’s not satirical, and it’s not worth your time, or Toni Collette’s.
| Original Score: 1/4 | Nov 5, 2022