Review of All the Money in the World (2017) by Kenr — 08 Oct 2018

OK, we all know that a movie based on ‘true’ events is going to feature some Hollywood style exaggerations but, for a story that so many details are known about - being produced and directed by a ‘big’ name - shouldn’t we expect much more controlled believability? Here, we have the kidnapped victim’s mother being involved in close-proximity (and highly deadly) search situations - which we all know is simply outlandish, and unworthy of any work claiming to be a major ‘based on fact’ motion picture (this we expect from a ‘B’ grader but a big $50 million movie?) I had read nothing about the sacking of Spacey in the somewhat repugnant J.

Paul Getty role, so the addition of re-shot scenes featuring Plummer offered no problem whatsoever (seems some people overreact to what they read about) The excellent opening line attributed to young Getty, promises more than the overall delivers.

With that said...it’s still a good-looking, interesting, suspenseful story, and watch, but is also another reason to question the ability of Ridley Scott to be regarded as a respected mainstream director.

It takes more than crowd-pleasing and control of the technical aspects of production - to qualify for the label of ‘great’ director. Michelle Williams as the distraught mother is the best thing about this one – she steals each scene she’s in - bringing a higher calibre to an otherwise ‘could have been better’ feature.