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Splitting Heirs

1993 · 87 min

A silly, fast-paced farce full of mistaken identities and upper-class snobbery, played with deadpan charm.

Directed by
Robert Young
Genres
Comedy
Tagline
A wickedly funny comedy of Royal proportions
Overview
A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and then found again. An Englishman who thinks he is an Indian comes to believe that he is actually the heir. He comes to hate the American who is his boss, his friend, and the man who has stolen the woman after whom he lusts.

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Directed by
Robert Young
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • class
  • family
  • greed
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour8
Realism5
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Robert Young
Written by
Eric Idle
Starring
Rick Moranis, Eric Idle, Barbara Hershey, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cleese, Sadie Frost, Stratford Johns, Brenda Bruce
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
87 min
Country
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Languages
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