The Talented Mr Ripley
A sleek, seductive psychological thriller following Tom Ripley, a young striver who becomes entangled in wealth, glamour, and deception on the Italian Riviera. Sent to retrieve a wealthy playboy, Tom instead becomes intoxicated by his world — and dangerously determined to keep it. Identity, envy, and ambition blur as charm slips into obsession and paradise turns perilous.
DIRECTOR
Anthony Minghella
Actors
2h 19m • Rated R16 • Psychological Thriller, Drama • USA (1999)
Matt Damon • Jude Law • Gwyneth Paltrow • Cate Blanchett • Philip Seymour Hoffman
When he gets there, the lies come thick and fast as he becomes embroiled in the lives of Dickie and his fiancée Marge (Gwyneth Paltrow) who both live a life he so desires. A first-rate, sumptuously photographed thriller, The Talented Mr Ripley features fantastic performances by its stars and supporting players, including a young Cate Blanchett and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Universally praised and awarded upon its release, its tense and criminally stylish thrills have only improved with age
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Sumptuous, sinister, and flawlessly performed
Matt Damon stars as the titular Mr Ripley, a low-level schemer in 1950s New York. When Ripley is mistaken for a Princeton grad at a party by a wealthy older man named Herbert Greenleaf, he goes along with the story and agrees to travel to Italy to persuade Greenleaf’s son – an actual Princeton grad named Dickie (Jude Law) – to return to America.