Review of All the Money in the World (2017) by Rebecca31 — 07 Jan 2018

Sixteen year old, John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer) gets kidnapped and his mother (Michelle Williams) desperately tries to get his billionaire grandfather, John Paul Getty (Christopher Plummer) to pay the ransom. If there was ever a director who can create either a masterpiece or a flop it's Ridley Scott. So with a real life story just waiting to be told you really can't go wrong, unless of course the studio decides instead of casting someone more appropriate for the role, such as Christopher Plummer they decided no, we need a selling point. We need a bigger name, Kevin Spacey, yes he'll be perfect. Throw on some makeup so he looks older, I'm sure this decision won't come back to haunt us at any point. I'm not saying the studio could have foreseen this but there was no real reason for Kevin Spacey to have been cast as eighty year old John Paul Getty in the first place. If the decision wasn't made to recast and reshoot as quickly as possible then there's a strong possibility that this movie may never have been released in cinemas and we wouldn't be seeing it now.

December was dominated by Star Wars so it's nice to get back to normality and if you find yourself needing a good movie to escape into then look no further, All The Money In The World is worthy of your time and you will not be disappointed. Christopher Plummer is absolutely brilliant. His cold and heartless performance stands out above the rest and it's hard to see anyone else play that part as well as he did. Michelle Williams is giving another impressive and believable performance. A tense and emotional movie that doesn't drift, it keeps the atmosphere and keeps you engaged. A thoroughly impressive thriller, paced to perfection with some surprising moments of humour imbedded in this dark story. It's gripping and if like me you don't know how this story ends then you're in for some intense cinema viewing. Highly recommended.