In late 1950s New York, Tom Ripley, a young underachiever, is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.
4 February 1946, Villanova di Bagnacavallo, Italy
1 September 1948, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
29 December 1972, Lewisham, London, England, UK
14 May 1969, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
4 June 1970, Modena, Italy
4 February 1952, Glens Falls, New York, USA
14 November 1973, Casale Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy
1 January 1939, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
29 June 1966, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
12 March 1969, Catania, Sicily, Italy
16 September 1985, Hampstead, London, England, UK
16 December 1971, Rome, Lazio, Italy
September 21, 2013
A "10 Best" achievement, thanks to writer-director Anthony Minghella's acute interpretation of Patricia Highsmith's novel, a shooting style that wallows in decadence and danger, and a choice cast completely in sync with the stringent demands of the story.
June 24, 2006
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.
August 07, 2004
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.
March 18, 2008
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.
April 25, 2003
Even before its release, The Talented Mr. Ripley has attracted some mighty serious analytic attention.
January 15, 2008
This is certainly no fast-paced nail-biting thriller, but much rather a slow-paced intriguing drama very reminiscent of Hitchcock films.
September 23, 2007
Ripley morphs into a well-meaning kid who yearns to be somebody. He's deprived, not depraved.
March 18, 2008
The blend of Minghella's gloss and Damon's steel results in a psychological thriller of huge style and depth. A very good movie.
January 01, 2011
Full of murder and deceit; too violent for kids.
July 14, 2007
The Talented Mr. Ripley is lovely wrapping without much to say.
April 27, 2007
On balance, The Talented Mr. Ripley is worth seeing more for its undeniably delightful journey than its final destination.
June 18, 2002
If anybody can create sympathy for the devil, the angelic Matt Damon can.
