Overview
- Major Argentine outlets published reviews Thursday as Jugada maestra screens in local theaters.
- Critics describe a black comedy in which Becket Redfellow, an illegitimate heir, engineers “accidental” deaths to chase a family fortune.
- Glen Powell’s performance draws consistent praise for charm and control, which several reviews say carries the film.
- Reviewers note that the story’s plausibility thins and the finale loses bite, with one outlet calling the update unconvincing as a remake.
- The 105-minute U.S.–U.K. film, directed by John Patton Ford and distributed locally by Diamond Films, reworks the 1949 Kind Hearts and Coronets (Los ocho sentenciados).