Review of All the Money in the World (2017) by Dawdlingpoet — 25 Nov 2021

This is a somewhat tense drama film, with a decent enough cast. The plot is a bit slow moving at times but the dialogue is reasonably good. I suppose you could say its a bit more of a slow burning psychological drama than am action based thriller. The characters are fairly intriguing, which is what kept me watching. I thought Michelle Williams gave a particularly good performance as the anxious mother, Gail Harris, while Christopher Plummer portrays the billionaire J. Paul Getty. He does certainly come across as quite a no-nonsense, somewhat chilling character but as a whole the film didn't grab me in the way that a particularly good one does. Its certainly watchable and entertaining, quite so in parts but as a whole its no more than reasonably good.

Also, for those wondering, I do remember there was a US TV series about this very same story which aired the other year - the film isn't too bad by way of comparison, from what I remember. I suppose knowing roughly what happened maybe lessened the tension a bit for me. I wouldn't say this is more than a generally good watch and if it weren't for the performances by Williams and Plummer, I'd have given this a lower rate. I wouldn't recommend it as an amazing film as such, no but there are certainly worse films out there too.