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Birthright

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Evicted and jobless, Cory and his pregnant wife are forced to stay with his parents. As the younger couple's stay extends the parents' become worried that their disappointing son will never leave the house. Desperate to prove himself, the edges of Cory's reality slip away and he finds an unexpected path to success that detonates the family.

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Stephen A. Russell Orion's Shoulder (Substack) Sep 8
A cathartically chaotic debut feature ... that locks horns with the manufactured housing and cost-of-living crises ... Absurd from the off ... there is, nonetheless, an exceedingly grim reality to the open intergenerational warfare that follows. Go to Full Review Matthew Simpson ForReel Movie News And Reviews Jul 16
3.5/5
Writer and director Zoe Pepper has created an excellent dark comedy that borders at times on being a straight up horror film. Go to Full Review Will Bjarnar Next Best Picture Jun 20
3/10
There’s something to be said for Pepper and Co. committing to their one and only bit with hopes that audiences might be inclined to believe that the folks on screen actually want to wring each other’s necks. But “Birthright” never reaches that stage Go to Full Review Lucas Moore JVS Media & Productions/Team JVS Jun 18
D
Birthright has some interesting ideas on what housing and privilege looks like for the new generation but these ideas are never fully flesh out which leaves you feeling the movie is incomplete. Go to Full Review Frank J. Avella The Contending Jun 18
A-
Zoe Pepper has created an original, startling and anxiety-inducing debut feature— a true horror film, social satire and dark comedy look at familial dysfunction...Jeffery’s progressively unhinged, off-the-rails performance is most riveting to watch. Go to Full Review Olga Artemyeva ScreenAnarchy Jun 16
Zoe Pepper has a distinctive voice, and her debut feature, for all of its black, absurdist humor, digs deep into the raw material of reality and the darkness that simmers underneath the façade of familiar relationships. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Zoe Pepper

Director

Travis Jeffery

Actor

Maria Angelico

Actor

Michael Hurst

Actor

Linda Cropper

Actor

Zoe Pepper

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Synopsis Evicted and jobless, Cory and his pregnant wife are forced to stay with his parents. As the younger couple's stay extends the parents' become worried that their disappointing son will never leave the house. Desperate to prove himself, the edges of Cory's reality slip away and he finds an unexpected path to success that detonates the family.
Director
Zoe Pepper
Producer
Cody Greenwood
Screenwriter
Zoe Pepper, Zoe Pepper
Production Co
Rush Films
Genre
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 33m