Rotten
Familiarity is the watchword of this overblown opus, which neglects holes in the plot to play up its postmodern theme of identity as pastiche -- a clear case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
The Talented Mr. Ripley
How far would you go to become someone else.
1999 · 2h 20m · R
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Anthony Minghella
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Anthony Minghella Director
- Matt Damon as Tom Ripley
- Gwyneth Paltrow as Marge Sherwood
- Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf
- Cate Blanchett as Meredith Logue
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Freddie Miles
- Jack Davenport as Peter Smith-Kingsley
- James Rebhorn as Herbert Greenleaf
- Sergio Rubini as Inspector Roverini
- Philip Baker Hall as Alvin MacCarron
- Celia Weston as Aunt Joan
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
85%
Tomatometer
Fresh
On balance, The Talented Mr. Ripley is worth seeing more for its undeniably delightful journey than its final destination.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Fresh
Not only is it an elegantly polished affair, with top notch performances all round, and magnificent camerawork and editing, it's also acutely aware of how class, money and sex shape desire and resentment.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
It's a gorgeously unsettling film. You can hide in the shadows, but luminescence exposes who you are, and the only escape is into another identity.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
Even before its release, The Talented Mr. Ripley has attracted some mighty serious analytic attention.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
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