All The Money In The World Review by Chris Hembury

All The Money In The World ***

Ridley Scott directs this true story of how billionaire Getty was the richest man in the world and refuses to part with a penny for the ransom of his missing favourite grandson Paul Getty.

Not short in length this film carries the story through at a engaging pace that's keeps you interest but very rarely takes it up a gear to get you truly riveted.

The film has gathered most publicity from the high profile replacing of Kevin Spacey in the role of Getty amongst accusations and replaced by Christopher Plummer who apparently re shot all the scenes in just six days.

Plummer does a great job of the miser modern day Scrooge, with Michelle Williams putting in a excellent performance as the Mother and outsider of the Getty Family. Mark Wahlberg is effective as the ex CIA consultant which is a rather forgettable role but more of a opportunity for the actor to have worked with Ridley Scott one would imagine. The supporting cast of multiple kidnappers are well cast and talented in the roles as we variate from to and from the nice kidnappers and the bad ones.

A interesting film that tells a true life story is worth watching but could have worked just as well as a TV adaption. There is also now a big intrigue to see how Kevin Spacey played the part perhaps a blu ray feature?