The Talented Mr. Ripley

Name: The Talented Mr. Ripley
Director: Anthony Minghella
Released: 1999

Anthony Minghella

1999

4.00

Synopsis

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

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Cast

Matt DamonTom Ripley
Jude LawDickie Greenleaf
Gwyneth PaltrowMarge Sherwood
Cate BlanchettMeredith Logue
Jack DavenportPeter Smith-Kingsley
Philip Seymour HoffmanFreddie Miles
James RebhornHerbert Greenleaf
Sergio RubiniInspector Roverini
Philip Baker HallAlvin MacCarron
Celia WestonAunt Joan

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100
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is as intelligent a thriller as you'll see this year.
88
Baltimore Sun
The only thing missing from this rich production is an emotional charge, which Highsmith could create on the page but which Minghella doesn't quite capture on screen.
88
Boston Globe
A slick, twisty, top-of-the-line crime thriller with gorgeously sensual textures and a screenful of wickedly faceted performances.
83
Portland Oregonian
It's a refreshing sensation, even if it makes you feel a touch seasick at first, and the fittingly eerie conclusion to a lavish and unsettling movie.
80
Los Angeles Times
A beautifully mounted and directed film that, despite the presence of Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow, is unexpectedly lacking in emotional impact.
80
Rolling Stone
The talented Mr. Minghella has made an imperfect movie but not an impersonal one. His morality tale means to get under the skin, and does.
75
Chicago Tribune
Minghella's psychological redraft muffles the menace, squanders the tension, throws away the main character and plot engine and turns Ripley into something he never was or should be.
70
Washington Post
Enter the world of the sociopathic killer and enjoy.

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