Ridley Scott has had a busy 2017 already. He directed an incredible, thought-provoking (and gory) prequel to one of his masterpieces with Alien: Covenant, and he's been highly involved with the production of Blade Runner 2049, the sequel to his other masterpiece. That would probably be enough for any other director in their 70s, but not Scott. Instead, he asks- why not find a way into the Oscar race as well? I was shocked when I learned that All the Money in the World was being slated for a 2017 release, mainly because I didn't know it even existed. Like Scorsese and Spielberg, Scott has a tendency to line up lots of projects, and I had no idea that he managed to fit in the story of the Getty kidnapping in between his plans to make 6 Alien prequels. But he did just that, and now he's set to have a late-in-the-game Oscar player in the vein of The Big Short back in 2015. As Sony prepares to campaign for what could be their biggest player (it isn't looking great for Roman J. Israel, Esq. after a mediocre TIFF premiere), the studio has released the first trailer for the film. Watch it below, and then keep reading for my thoughts and analysis.
This is a well-cut trailer for what looks like a decent crime thriller. If I had to put money on its Oscar chances right now, sight unseen, I would say that Michelle Williams and a nearly unrecognizable Kevin Spacey are the film's best shots at awards glory. Williams will have to compete in the packed Best Actress race, while Spacey will have to carve out a space in a Best Supporting Actor race led by Call Me By Your Name's Michael Stuhlbarg and The Florida Project's Willem Dafoe. The movie itself looks fine, but I'll be honest, I'm not seeing anything remarkable here. I've been wrong about these things before, but All the Money in the World looks like a respectable, middle-of-the-road adult drama in an awards season that is filled with them. The aesthetic is kinda gray and murky, seemingly giving you the impression that this is a "serious" movie. I don't know, something about this trailer just didn't connect with me as I had hoped it would, especially considering the fact that the story seems so fascinating. But Scott has been on a bit of streak lately, delivering back-to-back knockouts after the eye-popping failure of Exodus: Gods and Kings. Here's hoping that he's created another memorable journey with this one.
All the Money in the World will premiere in theaters on December 8, but expect a festival debut or awards buzz well before then.
Image courtesy of Sony Pictures
This is a well-cut trailer for what looks like a decent crime thriller. If I had to put money on its Oscar chances right now, sight unseen, I would say that Michelle Williams and a nearly unrecognizable Kevin Spacey are the film's best shots at awards glory. Williams will have to compete in the packed Best Actress race, while Spacey will have to carve out a space in a Best Supporting Actor race led by Call Me By Your Name's Michael Stuhlbarg and The Florida Project's Willem Dafoe. The movie itself looks fine, but I'll be honest, I'm not seeing anything remarkable here. I've been wrong about these things before, but All the Money in the World looks like a respectable, middle-of-the-road adult drama in an awards season that is filled with them. The aesthetic is kinda gray and murky, seemingly giving you the impression that this is a "serious" movie. I don't know, something about this trailer just didn't connect with me as I had hoped it would, especially considering the fact that the story seems so fascinating. But Scott has been on a bit of streak lately, delivering back-to-back knockouts after the eye-popping failure of Exodus: Gods and Kings. Here's hoping that he's created another memorable journey with this one.
All the Money in the World will premiere in theaters on December 8, but expect a festival debut or awards buzz well before then.
Image courtesy of Sony Pictures
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