History YMMV / AllTheMoneyInTheWorld

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Gail's children besides Paul have very few scenes, most of which are at the beginning of the movie. Giving them more screen time could have added to the drama of getting Paul back, and to Gail's parental worries.

* AmericansHateTingle: Italy seems to be the only place where Creator/RomainDuris didn't earn praise for his role as Cinquanta (everywhere else he was deemed an EnsembleDarkhorse), where his Italian accent was deemed unconvincing.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Gail's children besides Paul have very few scenes, most of which are at the beginning of the movie. Giving them more screen time could have added to the drama of getting Paul back, and to Gail's parental worries.
* WTHCastingAgency:
** Many were initially confused by Spacey's casting as J. Paul Getty and decried the unconvincing make-up used to make him appear Getty's age. However, it is widely agreed that Christopher Plummer, Spacey's [[TheOtherMarty replacement]], is a much better fit for the role than he would have been.[[note]]Reportedly, Plummer had been Scott's original choice for the role, but executives insisted on a bigger name, resulting in Spacey's casting.[[/note]]
** There was some backlash to Creator/MarkWahlberg. While most people found his performance fine, some felt his casting as Fletcher Chase a little out of place in comparison to everyone else.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Pulled off in ''record'' time: When the sexual assault allegations against [[TheOtherMarty original Getty actor]] Creator/KevinSpacey came out, Creator/RidleyScott cut Spacey out of the movie and reshot all his scenes with Creator/ChristopherPlummer instead only a ''month'' before the film's scheduled release date. Considering that the finished film, and Plummer's performance in particular, has received rave reviews from critics (with Plummer being Scott's original choice for the role to begin with before ExecutiveMeddling made him go with Spacey), it's safe to say that this paid off quite nicely for everyone involved.

* {{Squick}}: When Paul gets his ear cut off. Prepare to cringe.

* UncannyValley: While the final film avoids this, the Spacey scenes in the early trailers can be unsettling due to the unconvincing old man makeup. The weird thing is that Spacey still looks odd in the 1948 scene, when Getty was close to Spacey's own age.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Gail's children besides Paul have very few scenes, most of which are at the beginning of the movie. Giving them more screen time could have added to the drama of getting Paul back, and to Gail's AdultFear.

* AwardSnub: Inverted. When award season came up, many were surprised to see it scoop up on par with popular films like ''Film/GetOut2017'' and ''Film/LadyBird'', considering the whole thing about having to recast one of its main characters.

* NeverLiveItDown:
** For better or for worse, this film will always be remembered as "that film that replaced Kevin Spacey immediately before release."
** It'll be remembered regarding Creator/MarkWahlberg being paid $1.5 million, while Creator/MichelleWilliams only received less than $1,000 for the reshoots. The flames were further fanned when it was also revealed that Wahlberg refused to approve Christopher Plummer's casting until he was paid.

* UncannyValley: Averted in the final film, but the Spacey scenes in the early trailers can be unsettling due to the unconvincing old man makeup. The weird thing is that Spacey still looks odd in the 1948 scene, when Getty was close to Spacey's own age.

** Subverted; many were initially confused by Spacey's casting as J. Paul Getty and decried the unconvincing make-up used to make him appear Getty's age. However, it is widely agreed that Christopher Plummer, Spacey's [[TheOtherMarty replacement]], is a much better fit for the role than he would have been.[[note]]Reportedly, Plummer had been Scott's original choice for the role, but executives insisted on a bigger name, resulting in Spacey's casting.[[/note]]
** Downplayed with Creator/MarkWahlberg. While most people found his performance fine, some felt his casting as Fletcher Chase a little out of place in comparison to everyone else.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Pulled off in ''record'' time: When the sexual assault allegations against [[TheOtherMarty original Getty actor]] Creator/KevinSpacey came out, Creator/RidleyScott cut Spacey out of the movie and reshot all his scenes with Creator/ChristopherPlummer instead only a ''month'' before the film's scheduled release date. Considering that the finished film, and Plummer's performance in particular, has received rave reviews from critics, not to mention Plummer was Scott's original choice for the role to begin with before ExecutiveMeddling made him go with Spacey, it's safe to say that this paid off quite nicely for everyone involved.

* DancingBear: The film gained a lot of notoriety around its release simply due to the fact that a significant portion of the film had to be reshot mere weeks before release given the decision to recast Kevin Spacey's role after his history of sexual misconduct came to light, which many people thought made the film remarkable irrespective of its quality.

** Plummer's recasting of Spacey within weeks of the film's release led to jokes about him retroactively replacing Spacey [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/christopher-plummer-replaces-kevin-spacey in every film the latter had ever done]] or indeed the films of any other celebrity caught in a sexual abuse/harassment scandal. ''Film/Deadpool2'' got in on it with a fourth-wall-breaking news report saying Christopher Plummer had turned down a role in the film, in light of T.J. Miller's own problems.

** It'll also be remembered regarding Mark Wahlberg being paid $1.5 million, while Michelle Williams only received less than $1,000 for the reshoots. The flames were further fanned when it was also revealed that Wahlberg refused to approve Christopher Plummer's casting until he was paid.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: While the reshoots with Plummer are otherwise rather seamlessly edited into the film, the flashback scene of Getty meeting with the Saudis in the desert contains a rather noticeable green-screen effect around the parts of the frame which Plummer has been spliced into. This is due to how, back when Spacey was on board, the scene was shot on location and was rather expensive, so when Spacey was replaced with Plummer, shooting the scene on location again was unaffordable, requiring the green-screen.[[note]]Notably, the shot of Getty disembarking the train at the start of the scene is the one shot of the movie where Spacey still appears.[[/note]]

* UncannyValley: Averted in the final film, but the Spacey scenes in the early trailers can be unsettling due to the unconvincing old man makeup. The weird thing is that Spacey still looks old in the 1948 scene, when Getty was close to Spacey's own age.

** Subverted; many were initially confused by Spacey's casting as J. Paul Getty and decried the unconvincing make-up used to make him appear Getty's age. However, it is now widely agreed that Christopher Plummer, Spacey's [[TheOtherMarty replacement]], is a much better fit for the role than he would have been.[[note]]Reportedly, Plummer had been Scott's original choice for the role, but executives insisted on a bigger name, resulting in Spacey's casting.[[/note]]

* SpecialEffectsFailure: While the reshoots with Plummer are otherwise rather seamlessly edited into the film, the flashback scene of Getty meeting with the Saudis in the desert contains rather a noticeable green-screen effect around the parts of the frame which Plummer has been spliced into. This is due to how, back when Spacey was on board, the scene was shot on location and was rather expensive, so when Spacey was replaced with Plummer, shooting the scene on location again was unaffordable, requiring the green-screen.[[note]]Notably, the shot of Getty disembarking the train at the start of the scene is the one shot of the movie where Spacey still appears.[[/note]]

* SpecialEffectsFailure: While the reshoots with Plummer are otherwise rather seamlessly edited into the film, the flashback scene of Getty meeting with the Saudis in the desert contains rather a noticeable green-screen effect around the parts of the frame which Plummer has been spliced into. This is due to how, back when Spacey was on board, the scene was shot on location and was rather expensive, so when Spacey was replaced with Plummer, shooting the scene on location again was unaffordable, requiring the green-screen.