All the Money in the World (2017)

Academy Awards, USA 2018

Nominee Oscar

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Christopher Plummer At age 88, Christopher Plummer became the oldest Academy Award nominee for acting.

Sony Pictures Releasing
Directed by Ridley Scott
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Sony)

The teenage grandson of John Paul Getty, the richest man in the world, is kidnapped in Italy and held for ransom. His mother, recently divorced from Getty's son and cut off from their wealth, is tasked with coming up with the money. She goes to the elder Getty but he refuses. He does let her use his personal negotiator and ex-CIA agent Mark Wahlberg. Their efforts prove futile, however, and eventually the kidnappers sell their captor to a local crime ring. His new captors prove to be much less patient and more brutal, vowing to send the young Getty to his mother piece by piece until the ransom is paid, starting with his ear. She has to go back to the elder Getty to get the money, and they make a difficult deal. Delivering the ransom goes all wrong in the exciting conclusion. Ridley Scott, a very good director, makes somewhat of a return to form here after a series of questionable ventures into sci-fi and spectacle. It's well paced, impeccably filmed, with several outstanding performances, including Christopher Plummer as a last-minute replacement for Kevin Spacey who filmed all of his scenes in eight days.