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Simply Perfect

People are voting emotionally.

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Besides being predictable this movie is very boring and Michelle Williams plays horribly! It's been quite a while since I saw an actor performing this poorly! I just very surprised she was put on a leading role with Mark Wahlberg and Christopher Plummer... very disappointing! I gave it a 4 instead of a 2 or 3 just because it is based on a true story and they couldn't change the subject too much.

*** WARNING SPOILERS *** This is a good movie from the capable hand of Ridley Scott. Watching this movie I'm pleasantly surprised that Hollywood can still make good movies like this. Also I was very impressed by the acting of Michelle williams as Gail Harris as the mother trying to rescue her son. Mark Wahlberg character who becomes disgusted at his boss J Paul Getty and Christopher Plummer as the cold hearted Evil selfish scrooge like American billionaire corporation head J Paul Getty. The ending of the movie was memorable when the good hearted and kind Gail Harris as a Getty inherits the vast fortune as she looks at the bust of J Paul Getty the revulsion on her face at the bust as she realises what a cold, evil and selfish man J Paul Getty was. In other words a classic wealthy Elitist. Don't we see many of that type in today's world as big banker and big company heads. Watch this movie a big stand out is the American actress Michelle Williams as Gail Harris. Great acting performance and all concerned in this movie with excellent direction from Ridley Scott.

When the grandson of billionaire John Paul Getty was kidnapped in 1973, you would imagine it might have been easier to get the ransom out of a man who had some two billion dollars to his name. Based on real-life events, it's hard not to be bewildered by the immeasurable greed of John Paul Getty, realized via the unquestionably excellent Christopher Plummer, which says something truly special about the actor. Famously he came to the project during reshoots after Kevin Spacey was edited out following the revelations about the actor's history of sexual abuse, and Plummer pulls it out of the bag without it seeming phoned in. While Plummer does save the movie from its potential fall from grace after the Spacey controversy, All The Money In The World proves one thing; Ridley Scott is still as much of a powerhouse director as he was when he was bringing us polarizing films like Alien and Blade Runner. In the six weeks before its release, Scott recast the role of John Paul Getty, organized the reshoots, had cast members flown around reshooting and had it all edited and polished in time for its release.Why is it worth knowing this? Well much like how there's an additional fascination with films such as The Revenant, Apocalypse Now and even Star Wars: A New Hope knowing the tough and challenging shoots they persevered through, we can also stand dumbfounded at Scott's efficiency and skill as a director. Aside from some questionable editing choices at the start of the film resulting in a plodding pace, it plays out seamlessly. Whilst All The Money In The World is not groundbreaking or even amongst Scott's best work, the film does have raise significant questions (frankly unavoidable considering it's a film about John Paul Getty) about money, it's control over people's lives and how it can affect society. The film brings these questions to light through the characters of John Getty and his former daughter-in-law Gail Harris (Michelle Williams) reflected in the often cold and cynical cinematography, giving the film an almost artificial feel as if mirroring the values of capitalist society and John Getty himself.Despite this cynicism, there are some standout performances. Romain Duris, who plays one of the kidnappers and Plummer do fine work to humanize the more disagreeable characters, helping us as an audience empathize with their point of view. All The Money In The World treads lightly in the footsteps of films such as Wall Street and The Wolf of Wall Street but strips back the character studies and almost lavish allure for a slightly more reserved and theatrical approach. While it may fail in producing meaningful insight into John Paul Getty, it succeeds in being a captivating crime drama.

I hated this film. Michelle Williams butchered it. She was awful. It was hard to get through for me. It was boring and doesn't keep your attention. The kid was also stupid. Just bad acting I thought.