All the Money in the World is doubtless still best known as the movie that Kevin Spacey was edited entirely out of. In fact Christopher Plummer, who replaced Spacey in the role of oil billionaire J. Paul Getty, filmed all of his scenes in only 9 days, these scenes are set and presumably filmed in multiple countries, and Plummer was 87 years old at the time. His performance is impressive, already landing him a best supporting actor Golden Globe nomination, with an Oscar nod in the same category seemingly inevitable. Getty is a fascinating and difficult man.
The films story concerns the kidnaping of Getty's grandson John Paul Getty III (Charlie (no relation) Plummer from the BYU TV series Granite Flats) off the street in Italy in 1973, the months of his captivity and the efforts to free him, and to save money while doing so. The movie is based on the book Painfully Rich: The Outrageous Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Heirs of J. Paul Getty by John Pearson and feels at least mostly real, though I suspect that Mark Wahlberg's character Fletcher Chase, a former CIA agent and "fixer" for Getty is probably a composite. Also a very strong performance from Michelle Williams as the younger Getty's mother Gail. This is a beautiful looking film and reasonably taught, though not quite as much as I'd expected it be. A goodly number of twists and turns in this one. ****
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