#incorrect plot

and I know nothing about Heated Rivalry (except that it's popular). here's what my brain told me this movie was about last night:

one family, divided into three main inheritors of their recently deceased parent's estate- includes a large house and sizable fortune

these three inheritors have separated to form their own families and DO NOT LIKE EACH OTHER. each inheritor/family wants as much of the estate as possible.

part of the will dictates that wealth and the house needs to be distributed based on each family's current wealth- those who have less get more of the estate, and vice versa

also, each family has borrowed a significant amount of money and/or valuables from this estate, so if you are "too rich", you may even lose some of your current "belongings"

the families didn't want to just objectively compare finances, because they were afraid they would end up the "richest" and having to lose wealth

instead, they agree to meet up for a family gathering at the estate's house, where they each connive to make themselves appear as poor or trashy as possible to convince the others/the neutral observers who are helping divide the estate that they deserve more

of course, each family knows that the other family has a house, some amenities, etc. so they can't look too poor. instead they try to look like they're living beyond their means.

this involves the family with infants getting those infants to pee, poop, and throw up on all their crib bedding that they're bringing to the gathering, then apologizing for the smell

another family with a dog gives the dog the choppiest haircut possible to make them look mangy without, like, introducing actual matting. allows this dog to roll around in mud right before arrival

the potluck is very subtly botched. like, each dish looks fine but there's a major "hidden" flaw that each family very obviously brings up and "apologizes" for- the burger buns are dried out, the salad is wilting and has no dressing, the soup was flavored with sugar instead of salt (because they "couldn't afford it"), etc.

i think the heated part comes from a plot point where the families talk about the lack of heating in their own houses (this is untrue)