Thursday, January 4, 2018

All The Money in the World (movie review)



  I concluded my birthday with a late showing of All the Money in the World.  This drama runs for over 2 hours and is rated R.  It's cast includes Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer and Mark Wahlberg.

  This movie is based on a true story around Jean Paul Getty.  He founded the Getty Oil Company and was known to be the richest man.  This was why his grandson was kidnapped.  The initial ransom was a demand of 17 million.

  Despite all the begging and pleading from  his son and his wife he refused to pay a cent.  He made plenty of excuses to justify his decision.  He had 14 other grandchildren and if he paid for one, the others may get kidnapped for ransom as well.  He also would make no money on the transaction which is all he cared about.  More money.

  Things make a turn for the worse when. The kidnappers don't receive their demands.  They decide to send proof of how serious they are straight to the newspaper. 

  I will end my summary on that sentence!  I thought this was a good movie.  I wasn't aware of the complete storyline prior to walking in.  I only knew it was based on a true story so some of the content surprised me. 

  It was a long movie.  I would like to say it goes by quick but it didn't.  The storyline was easy to follow and I was entertained through the movie.  There were some parts that could have got cut out and you still would have been able to follow.    The end was exciting because I truly didn't know what was going to happen. Of course I was rooting for a safe return but if the ransom doesn't get paid what could the outcome possibly be?

  Did I leave just enough to get you interested if not here's trailer more.
 
   It was nice to get out and see an adult movie but one of the next movies I want to see is Paddington 2! 

10 comments:

  1. Movies based on true stories are always a little more frightening than made up ones arent they :) This sounds like one to add to the list to watch

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  2. sounds like you had a great birthday! I love heading to the movies on my birthday too :)

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  3. Sounds like a movie I may have to check out! Thanks for the review.

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  4. Sounds like a great way to spend your birthday.

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  5. Yes, i saw the trailer last week. It does look like a good movie. You got me wanted to see it :)

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  6. I like the movies when there is good flow of the story.This sounds like such a great movie to watch!

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  7. I want to see this!! I am a big fan of the casting choices - I grew up loving Michelle Williams and Mark Whalberg. I have to wait a little while though because I am traveling..

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  8. I’ve heard a lot about this movie but I think I will wait till it comes out on Redbox to rent.... Thanks for the review!! Shell

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  9. I absolutely love going to the movies. It's great to see you had a nice birthday.

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  10. Sounds like an amazing movie from your review! Adding it to my watching list!

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