Review of All the Money in the World (2017) by Paul K — 30 Dec 2017

There is one reason for gratitude that Kevin Spacey couldn't keep his hands off the crotch of a young actor while drunk years ago. By so doing Christopher Plummer was recast, and kudos to Ridley Scott for doing a magnificificint cut and paste of Plummer's scenes to replace Spacey's with almost no notice yet met screening date obligations, as J.

Paul Getty himself. Clearly much less time was spent in the make up chair since Mr. Plummer was age close to J P Getty at the time of the story. Michelle Williams plays the kidnapped boy's mother with a gritty, controlled performance of a woman, a mother in grief for potential lethal harm to her son, but equally brilliant as a wife who becomes an ex-wife of the father of the grandson kidnapped.

As Abigail Getty, Williams is superb as she is in constant conflict in controlling her emotions as she navigates in the world of Getty. The elder Gety is played with much elan by Mr. Plummer and the portrait of avarice and greed, wrapped in opulent insecurity is fascinating.

Mark Wahlberg is Fletcher Chase, elder Getty's "fixer" who gives a serviceable performance, far less animated than his usual charge hard tough guy or his goofy (don't bother to see) step dad with Will Farrell.

Overall, this is a fine film documenting mega wealth before it became so common and demonstrably vulgar as practiced by those who have no shame in flaunting the obscenity of their unearned riches-are you listening Kim and Kanye? This is well told and time well spent.